"ひも" meaning in Japanese

See ひも in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [çimo̞] Forms: himo [romanization], fimo [romanization], [counter], ひも [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|count=本|hhira=ひも}} ひも • (himo) ^(←ひも (fimo)?) (counter 本)
  1. string
    Sense id: en-ひも-ja-noun-RzKH-CmN
  2. pimp (man who financially relies on managing prostitutes)
    Sense id: en-ひも-ja-noun-tm~p~see Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, People Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 2 45 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 49 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 49 50 Disambiguation of People: 0 50 50
  3. freeloader (one who financially relies on another person)
    Sense id: en-ひも-ja-noun-rEUb8Jbe Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, People Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 2 45 53 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 3 36 61 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 3 38 59 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 3 38 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 49 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 49 50 Disambiguation of People: 0 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 靴紐 (kutsuhimo) (ruby: (くつ), (ひも)), ヒモ男 (himo otoko) (ruby: (おとこ)) (english: a husband financial dependent upon his wife) Coordinate_terms: (ito) (ruby: (いと)) (english: thread), (nawa) (ruby: (なわ)) (english: rope)

Alternative forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "thread",
      "roman": "ito",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "糸",
          "いと"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "糸"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "rope",
      "roman": "nawa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "縄",
          "なわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "縄"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "kutsuhimo",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "靴",
          "くつ"
        ],
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          "紐",
          "ひも"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "a husband financial dependent upon his wife",
      "roman": "himo otoko",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "男",
          "おとこ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "ヒモ男"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "himo",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fimo",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "本",
      "tags": [
        "counter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ひも",
      "roman": "fimo",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "hhira": "ひも"
      },
      "expansion": "ひも • (himo) ^(←ひも (fimo)?) (counter 本)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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            [
              13,
              19
            ]
          ],
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              4
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
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              0,
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            ]
          ],
          "english": "to bind with string",
          "roman": "himo de shibaru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "紐",
              "ひも"
            ],
            [
              "縛",
              "しば"
            ]
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        }
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    },
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        {
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        },
        {
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          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "ja:People",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "pimp (man who financially relies on managing prostitutes)"
      ],
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          "pimp",
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        ]
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    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "2 45 53",
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        },
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          "_dis": "3 36 61",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "3 38 59",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "_dis": "3 38 59",
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        },
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "0 50 50",
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          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "People",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
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            [
              12,
              22
            ]
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              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
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            ]
          ],
          "english": "living as a freeloader",
          "roman": "himo seikatsu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "生活",
              "せいかつ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "ヒモ生活",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "freeloader (one who financially relies on another person)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ひも-ja-noun-rEUb8Jbe",
      "links": [
        [
          "freeloader",
          "freeloader"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ひも"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[çimo̞]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "ja:紐"
  ],
  "word": "ひも"
}
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    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ja:People"
  ],
  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "english": "thread",
      "roman": "ito",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "糸",
          "いと"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "糸"
    },
    {
      "english": "rope",
      "roman": "nawa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "縄",
          "なわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "縄"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "kutsuhimo",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "靴",
          "くつ"
        ],
        [
          "紐",
          "ひも"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "靴紐"
    },
    {
      "english": "a husband financial dependent upon his wife",
      "roman": "himo otoko",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "男",
          "おとこ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "ヒモ男"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "himo",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fimo",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "本",
      "tags": [
        "counter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ひも",
      "roman": "fimo",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "count": "本",
        "hhira": "ひも"
      },
      "expansion": "ひも • (himo) ^(←ひも (fimo)?) (counter 本)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
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            ]
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              0,
              1
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to bind with string",
          "roman": "himo de shibaru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "紐",
              "ひも"
            ],
            [
              "縛",
              "しば"
            ]
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "string"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "string",
          "string"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pimp (man who financially relies on managing prostitutes)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pimp",
          "pimp"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
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              22
            ]
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              0,
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            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "english": "living as a freeloader",
          "roman": "himo seikatsu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "生活",
              "せいかつ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "ヒモ生活",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "freeloader (one who financially relies on another person)"
      ],
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        [
          "freeloader",
          "freeloader"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[çimo̞]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "ja:紐"
  ],
  "word": "ひも"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ひも meaning in Japanese (2.2kB)

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  "msg": "HTML tag <span> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "ひも"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ひも",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "ひも"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ひも",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (5ee713e and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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