"もっぱら" meaning in Japanese

See もっぱら in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: [mo̞p̚pa̠ɾa̠] Forms: moppara [romanization], motupara [romanization], もつぱら [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Tensification of もはら (mohara). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|もはら}} もはら (mohara) Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb|hhira=もつぱら}} もっぱら • (moppara) ^(←もつぱら (motupara)?)
  1. wholly, entirely
    Sense id: en-もっぱら-ja-adv-79fqeLCg
  2. mainly, chiefly
    Sense id: en-もっぱら-ja-adv-uttzzrZQ Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for もっぱら meaning in Japanese (1.2kB)

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