"ま" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ma̠], [ma̠] Forms: ma [romanization]
Etymology templates: {{anchor|間}} Head templates: {{ja-noun|ま}} ま • (ma)
  1. 間: space; room Synonyms: (naka) (ruby: (なか)) Derived forms: 床の間 (toko no ma) (ruby: (とこ), ()), 茶の間 (cha no ma) (ruby: (ちゃ), ()), 束の間 (tsuka no ma) (ruby: (つか), ()), 間に合う (ma ni au) (ruby: (), ()), 間もなく (ma mo naku) (ruby: ())
    Sense id: en-ま-ja-noun-9Bc9AM4j
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [ma̠] Forms: ma [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. Appears to be the older, bound form of 目 (me₂). See that entry for further details. Probably cognate with 見る (miru, “to see”) and 芽 (me, “bud”). Never found in isolation in modern Japanese. Remains as the first syllable of various compounds. Etymology templates: {{anchor|目}}, {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=ま}} Old Japanese, {{m|ojp|め#目,眼|目|tr=me₂}} 目 (me₂), {{m|ja|見る||to see|tr=miru}} 見る (miru, “to see”), {{m|ja|め#芽|芽|bud|tr=me}} 芽 (me, “bud”) Head templates: {{ja-noun}} ま • (ma)
  1. 目, 眼: prefixal bound form of め (me, “eye”)
    Sense id: en-ま-ja-noun-5BV1cD-E Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Old Japanese links with manual fragments Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 32 14 2 0 0 11 3 38 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 27 18 2 1 1 17 3 31 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 0 28 18 2 1 1 16 4 31 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 40 26 1 1 3 23 7 Derived forms: (mae) (ruby: (まえ)), 瞬ぐ (majirogu) (ruby: (まじろ)) (english: to blink, wink), 瞬く (matataku) (ruby: (またた)) (english: to blink, wink), (matsuge) (ruby: (まつげ)) (english: eyelash), 眼間 (manakai) (ruby: (まな), (かい)) (english: between one's eyes), (manako) (ruby: (まなこ)) (english: eyeball), 眼差し (manazashi) (ruby: (まな), ()) (english: look, gaze), (manajiri) (ruby: (まなじり)) (english: corner of the eye), まのあたり (manoatari) (english: just before one's eyes), 瞬く (mabataku) (ruby: (まばた)) (english: to blink, wink), 目深 (mabuka) (ruby: (), (ぶか)) (english: wear low over one's eyes), (mabuta), (manabuta) (english: eyelid), (mamie) (ruby: (まみえ)) (english: eyebrow), (mayu) (ruby: (まゆ)) (english: eyebrow)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: [ma̠], [ma̠], [ma̠] Forms: ma [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. Attested since at least the Kojiki of 712 CE. Etymology templates: {{anchor|真}}, {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE Head templates: {{ja-noun}} ま • (ma)
  1. 真: the truth, reality, genuineness Synonyms: 真実, 本当 Related terms: 真に受ける (ma ni ukeru) (ruby: (), ())
    Sense id: en-ま-ja-noun-9ZQO-9dS Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 32 14 2 0 0 11 3 38 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 27 18 2 1 1 17 3 31 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 0 28 18 2 1 1 16 4 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Prefix

IPA: [ma̠], [ma̠], [ma̠] Forms: ma- [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. Attested since at least the Kojiki of 712 CE. Etymology templates: {{anchor|真}}, {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE Head templates: {{ja-pos|prefix}} ま • (ma-)
  1. 真: real, genuine Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ま-ja-prefix-BhxD-iPN
  2. 真: pure, unadulterated Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ま-ja-prefix-e6DYngq0
  3. 真: definitely, certainly, exactly, precisely, directly Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ま-ja-prefix--R-kGxEJ
  4. 真: true, real, main (appended to words for animals or plants to indicate the representative type) Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ま-ja-prefix-ckPFXoQN Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 32 14 2 0 0 11 3 38 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 27 18 2 1 1 17 3 31 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 0 28 18 2 1 1 16 4 31
  5. 真: (archaic, possibly obsolete, honorific) great, excellent Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ま-ja-prefix-lZ2PUDSP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4 Derived forms: 真赤 (māka), 真っ赤 (makka), 真新しい (mātarashī) (ruby: (), (あたら)), 真一文字 (maichimonji) (ruby: (), (いち), (もん), ()), 真上 (maue) (ruby: (), (うえ)), 真後ろ (maushiro) (ruby: (), (うし)), 真顔 (magao) (ruby: (), (がお)), 真仮名 (magana) (ruby: (), (), ()), 真鴨 (magamo) (ruby: (), (がも)), 真木 (maki), (maki), 真北 (makita) (ruby: (), (きた)), 真際 (magiwa) (ruby: (), (ぎわ)), 真っ暗 (makkura) (ruby: (), (くら)), 真っ暗闇 (makkurayami) (ruby: (), (くら), (やみ)), 真黒 (makuro), 真っ黒 (makkuro), 真っ黒い (makkuroi) (ruby: (), (くろ)), 真桑瓜 (makuwauri) (ruby: (), (くわ), (うり)), 真鯉 (magoi) (ruby: (), (ごい)), 真っ向 (makkō) (ruby: (), (こう)), 真心 (magokoro) (ruby: (), (ごころ)), 真菰 (makomo) (ruby: (), (こも)), 真っ最中 (massaichū) (ruby: (), (さい), (ちゅう)) (english: in full swing, in the midst), 真盛り (masakari), 真っ盛り (massakari), 真青 (masao), 真っ青 (massao), 真逆 (masaka) (ruby: (), (さか)), 真逆様 (masakasama), 真っ逆様 (massakasama), 真っ先 (massaki) (ruby: (), (さき)), 真砂 (masago) (ruby: (), (さご)), 真四角 (mashikaku) (ruby: (), (), (かく)), 驀地 (masshigura) (ruby: 驀地(まっしぐら)), 真下 (mashita) (ruby: (), (した)), 真清水 (mashimizu) (ruby: (), 清水(しみず)), 真正直 (mashōjiki), 真っ正直 (masshōjiki), 真正面 (mashōmen), 真っ正面 (masshōmen), 真白 (mashiro), 真っ白 (masshiro), 真白い (mashiroi), 真っ白い (masshiroi), 真っ直ぐ (massugu) (ruby: (), ()), 真鯛 (madai) (ruby: (), (だい)), 真竹 (madake) (ruby: (), (だけ)), 真っ只中 (mattadanaka) (ruby: (), (ただ), (なか)), 真土 (matsuchi) (ruby: (), (つち)), 真艫 (matomo) (ruby: (), (とも)), 真面 (matomo) (ruby: (), (とも)), 真名 (mana) (ruby: (), ()), 真魚 (mana) (ruby: (), ()), 真中 (manaka), 真ん中 (mannaka), 真夏 (manatsu) (ruby: (), (なつ)), 真西 (manishi) (ruby: (), 西(にし)), 真人間 (maningen) (ruby: (), (にん), (げん)), 真似 (mane) (ruby: (), ()), 真似る (maneru) (ruby: (), ()), 真裸 (mahadaka), 真っ裸 (mappadaka), 真平 (mahira), 真っ平 (mappira), 真昼 (mahiru) (ruby: (), (ひる)), 真東 (mahigashi) (ruby: (), (ひがし)), 真二つ (mafutatsu) (ruby: (), (ふた)), 真冬 (mafuyu) (ruby: (), (ふゆ)), 真帆 (maho) (ruby: (), ()), 真ん前 (manmae) (ruby: (), (まえ)), 真ん丸 (manmaru), 真ん円 (manmaru), 真ん丸い (manmarui), 真ん円い (manmarui), 真水 (mamizu) (ruby: (), (みず)), 真南 (maminami) (ruby: (), (みなみ)), 真向かい (mamukai), 真向い (mamukai), 真向き (mamuki) (ruby: (), ()), 真物 (mamono) (ruby: (), (もの)), 真夜 (mayo) (ruby: (), ()), 真横 (mayoko) (ruby: (), (よこ)), 真夜中 (mayonaka) (ruby: (), (), (なか)), 真綿 (mawata) (ruby: (), 綿(わた))

Syllable

IPA: [ma̠] Forms: ma [romanization]
Etymology: Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 末 in the cursive sōsho style. Etymology templates: {{m|ja|末}} 末, {{ja-kana-mannyogana-etym}} Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 末 in the cursive sōsho style Head templates: {{ja-pos|syllable}} ま • (ma)
  1. The hiragana syllable ま (ma). Its equivalent in katakana is マ (ma). It is the thirty-first syllable in the gojūon order; its position is ま行あ段 (ma-gyō a-dan, “row ma, section a”).
    Sense id: en-ま-ja-syllable-UTPUx6UK Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 32 14 2 0 0 11 3 38 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 27 18 2 1 1 17 3 31 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 0 28 18 2 1 1 16 4 31 Related terms: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 𛄲, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 𛀆, , , 𛀁, , , , ゚, , , , , , , ゙, , 𛅐, 𛄟, , 𛅑, , 𛅒, , , ゝ, ゞ,
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for ま meaning in Japanese (21.3kB)

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        {
          "word": "平"
        },
        {
          "word": "仮"
        },
        {
          "word": "名"
        },
        {
          "word": "あ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぁ"
        },
        {
          "word": "い"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぃ"
        },
        {
          "word": "う"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぅ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゔ"
        },
        {
          "word": "え"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぇ"
        },
        {
          "word": "お"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぉ"
        },
        {
          "word": "か"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゕ"
        },
        {
          "word": "が"
        },
        {
          "word": "き"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぎ"
        },
        {
          "word": "く"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぐ"
        },
        {
          "word": "け"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゖ"
        },
        {
          "word": "げ"
        },
        {
          "word": "こ"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛄲"
        },
        {
          "word": "ご"
        },
        {
          "word": "さ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ざ"
        },
        {
          "word": "し"
        },
        {
          "word": "じ"
        },
        {
          "word": "す"
        },
        {
          "word": "ず"
        },
        {
          "word": "せ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぜ"
        },
        {
          "word": "そ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぞ"
        },
        {
          "word": "た"
        },
        {
          "word": "だ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ち"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぢ"
        },
        {
          "word": "つ"
        },
        {
          "word": "っ"
        },
        {
          "word": "づ"
        },
        {
          "word": "て"
        },
        {
          "word": "で"
        },
        {
          "word": "と"
        },
        {
          "word": "ど"
        },
        {
          "word": "な"
        },
        {
          "word": "に"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぬ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ね"
        },
        {
          "word": "の"
        },
        {
          "word": "は"
        },
        {
          "word": "ば"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぱ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ひ"
        },
        {
          "word": "び"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぴ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ふ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぶ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぷ"
        },
        {
          "word": "へ"
        },
        {
          "word": "べ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぺ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ほ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぼ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぽ"
        },
        {
          "word": "み"
        },
        {
          "word": "む"
        },
        {
          "word": "め"
        },
        {
          "word": "も"
        },
        {
          "word": "や"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゃ"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛀆"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゆ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゅ"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛀁"
        },
        {
          "word": "よ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ょ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ら"
        },
        {
          "word": "゚"
        },
        {
          "word": "り"
        },
        {
          "word": "る"
        },
        {
          "word": "れ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ろ"
        },
        {
          "word": "わ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゎ"
        },
        {
          "word": "゙"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゐ"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛅐"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛄟"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゑ"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛅑"
        },
        {
          "word": "を"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛅒"
        },
        {
          "word": "ん"
        },
        {
          "word": "ー"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゝ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゞ"
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      "name": "C.E."
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "CE",
      "name": "CE"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Japanese. Attested since at least the Kojiki of 712 CE.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ma-",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "ま • (ma-)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "one's real mind, one's real thoughts and feelings about something",
          "roman": "magokoro",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "真",
              "ま"
            ],
            [
              "心",
              "ごころ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "真心"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "真: real, genuine"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "真",
          "真#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "real",
          "real"
        ],
        [
          "genuine",
          "genuine"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "pure white",
          "roman": "mashiro",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "真",
              "ま"
            ],
            [
              "白",
              "しろ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "真白"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "真: pure, unadulterated"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "真",
          "真#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "pure",
          "pure"
        ],
        [
          "unadulterated",
          "unadulterated"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "directly above",
          "roman": "maue",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "真",
              "ま"
            ],
            [
              "上",
              "うえ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "真上"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "真: definitely, certainly, exactly, precisely, directly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "真",
          "真#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "definitely",
          "definitely"
        ],
        [
          "certainly",
          "certainly"
        ],
        [
          "exactly",
          "exactly"
        ],
        [
          "precisely",
          "precisely"
        ],
        [
          "directly",
          "directly"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "true bamboo",
          "roman": "matake",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "真",
              "ま"
            ],
            [
              "竹",
              "たけ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "真竹"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "真: true, real, main (appended to words for animals or plants to indicate the representative type)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "真",
          "真#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "true",
          "true"
        ],
        [
          "real",
          "real"
        ],
        [
          "main",
          "main"
        ],
        [
          "animal",
          "animal"
        ],
        [
          "plant",
          "plant"
        ],
        [
          "representative",
          "representative"
        ],
        [
          "type",
          "type"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese honorific terms",
        "Japanese terms with archaic senses",
        "Japanese terms with obsolete senses",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "great Kumano",
          "roman": "makumano",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "真",
              "ま"
            ],
            [
              "熊",
              "くま"
            ],
            [
              "野",
              "の"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "真熊野"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "真: (archaic, possibly obsolete, honorific) great, excellent"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "真",
          "真#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "great",
          "great"
        ],
        [
          "excellent",
          "excellent"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "ま"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ma̠]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ma̠]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ma̠]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Kojiki"
  ],
  "word": "ま"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "魔"
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ma̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ま"
}
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  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "ま"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "syllable",
  "title": "ま",
  "trace": ""
}

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

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

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

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

{
  "called_from": "XYZunsorted",
  "msg": "ま/Japanese/soft-redirect: missing \"senses\" in data (must have at least one sense, add empty sense with \"no-gloss\" tag if none otherwise available): {\"categories\": [\"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation\"], \"lang\": \"Japanese\", \"lang_code\": \"ja\", \"pos\": \"soft-redirect\", \"redirects\": [\"魔\"], \"sounds\": [{\"ipa\": \"[ma̠]\"}], \"word\": \"ま\"}",
  "path": [],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "soft-redirect",
  "title": "ま",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (93a6c53 and 21a9316). 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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