"めざとい" meaning in Japanese

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Adjective

IPA: [me̞za̠to̞i]
Etymology: From 目(め) (me) + 敏(さと)い (satoi). The satoi changes to zatoi as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|目|め|敏い|さとい|t1=|t2=}} 目(め) (me) + 敏(さと)い (satoi), {{sortkey|ja|めざとい}} めさとい', {{rendaku2|satoi|zatoi}} The satoi changes to zatoi as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Head templates: {{ja-adj|hhira=めざとい|infl=i}} めざとい • (mezatoi) ^(←めざとい (mezatoi)?)-i (adverbial めざとく (mezatoku)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=く|attributive=い|conditional=ければ|conjunctive=くて|continuative=く|degree=さ|formal=い です|formal_negative=く ない です|formal_negative_past=く なかった です|formal_past=かった です|hypothetical=けれ|imperative=かれ|imperfective=かろ|informal_negative=く ない|informal_negative_past=く なかった|informal_past=かった|kana=|lemma=めざと|provisional=かったら|terminal=い|volitional=かろう}} Forms: mezatoi [romanization], めざとく [adverbial], no-table-tags [table-tags], めざとかろ [imperfective, stem], mezatokaro [imperfective, stem], めざとく [continuative, stem], mezatoku [continuative, stem], めざとい [stem, terminative], mezatoi [stem, terminative], めざとい [attributive, stem], mezatoi [attributive, stem], めざとけれ [hypothetical, stem], mezatokere [hypothetical, stem], めざとかれ [imperative, stem], mezatokare [imperative, stem], めざとくない [informal, negative], mezatoku nai [informal, negative], めざとかった [informal, past], mezatokatta [informal, past], めざとくなかった [informal, negative, past], mezatoku nakatta [informal, negative, past], めざといです [formal], mezatoi desu [formal], めざとくないです [formal, negative], mezatoku nai desu [formal, negative], めざとかったです [formal, past], mezatokatta desu [formal, past], めざとくなかったです [formal, negative, past], mezatoku nakatta desu [formal, negative, past], めざとくて [conjunctive], mezatokute [conjunctive], めざとければ [conditional], mezatokereba [conditional], めざとかったら [conditional, past], mezatokattara [conditional, past], めざとかろう [volitional], mezatokarō [volitional], めざとく [adverbial], mezatoku [adverbial], めざとさ [noun-from-adj], mezatosa [noun-from-adj]
  1. keen-sighted; sharp-sighted
    Sense id: en-めざとい-ja-adj-HbnAE8wJ Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese terms with rendaku, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 97 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 97 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 97 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 97 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with rendaku: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0
  2. being a light sleeper
    Sense id: en-めざとい-ja-adj-VkFYV47p
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        "t2": ""
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      "expansion": "目(め) (me) + 敏(さと)い (satoi)",
      "name": "ja-compound"
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      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "めざとい"
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      "expansion": "めさとい'",
      "name": "sortkey"
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        "1": "satoi",
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  "etymology_text": "From 目(め) (me) + 敏(さと)い (satoi). The satoi changes to zatoi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "mezatoi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
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    },
    {
      "form": "めざとく",
      "roman": "mezatoku",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざとかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezatokaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざとく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezatoku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざとい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezatoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "めざとい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
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    {
      "form": "mezatoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざとけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezatokere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざとかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezatokare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざとくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezatoku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざとかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezatokatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざとくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezatoku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざといです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezatoi desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざとくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezatoku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざとかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezatokatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざとくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezatoku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざとくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezatokute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざとければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezatokereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざとかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezatokattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざとかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezatokarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざとく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezatoku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざとさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezatosa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "hhira": "めざとい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
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      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
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        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "",
        "lemma": "めざと",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "_dis": "95 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "97 3",
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          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
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          "_dis": "100 0",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "keen-sighted; sharp-sighted"
      ],
      "id": "en-めざとい-ja-adj-HbnAE8wJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "keen-sighted",
          "keen-sighted"
        ],
        [
          "sharp-sighted",
          "sharp-sighted"
        ]
      ]
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        "being a light sleeper"
      ],
      "id": "en-めざとい-ja-adj-VkFYV47p",
      "links": [
        [
          "light sleeper",
          "light sleeper"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "めざとい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[me̞za̠to̞i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "めざとい"
}
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    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
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      "form": "mezatoi",
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      "form": "めざとく",
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        "adverbial"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざとかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "mezatokaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざとく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezatoku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざとい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezatoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざとい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezatoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざとけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezatokere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざとかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezatokare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざとくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezatoku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざとかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezatokatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざとくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezatoku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざといです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezatoi desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざとくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezatoku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざとかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezatokatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざとくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezatoku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざとくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezatokute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざとければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezatokereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざとかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezatokattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざとかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezatokarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざとく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezatoku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざとさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezatosa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "hhira": "めざとい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "めざとい • (mezatoi) ^(←めざとい (mezatoi)?)-i (adverbial めざとく (mezatoku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "",
        "lemma": "めざと",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "keen-sighted; sharp-sighted"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "keen-sighted",
          "keen-sighted"
        ],
        [
          "sharp-sighted",
          "sharp-sighted"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "being a light sleeper"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "light sleeper",
          "light sleeper"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "めざとい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[me̞za̠to̞i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "めざとい"
}

Download raw JSONL data for めざとい meaning in Japanese (5.5kB)

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

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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "めざとい"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "めざとい",
  "trace": ""
}

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