"めいとう" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

Forms: meitō [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun}} めいとう • (meitō)
  1. 名答: good answer
    Sense id: en-めいとう-ja-noun-GRLAXPAk
  2. 名刀: an excellent blade, famous sword
    Sense id: en-めいとう-ja-noun-hseGNJ0i
  3. 銘刀: a sword inscribed with the maker's name
    Sense id: en-めいとう-ja-noun-KLxQuNWt 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, Swords Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 4 3 87 3 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 12 6 65 7 10 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 8 6 72 7 7 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 11 5 68 6 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 2 88 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 2 89 2 3 Disambiguation of Swords: 3 19 74 2 3
  4. 名湯: a famous hot spring
    Sense id: en-めいとう-ja-noun-w21M45Kd
  5. 迷答: a nonsensical answer, a stupid answer
    Sense id: en-めいとう-ja-noun-qrWIkKdf

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for めいとう meaning in Japanese (1.2kB)

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