"やけくそ" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ja̠ke̞kɯ̟so̞] Forms: yakekuso [romanization], やけくそ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From やけ (yake) + 糞(くそ) (kuso). Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|やけ||糞|くそ|t1=|t2=}} やけ (yake) + 糞(くそ) (kuso) Head templates: {{ja-noun|hhira=やけくそ}} やけくそ • (yakekuso) ^(←やけくそ (yakekuso)?)
  1. (emphatic) Synonym of やけ (yake, “despair, desperation”) Tags: emphatic Synonyms: やけ [synonym, synonym-of]
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        "2": "",
        "3": "糞",
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      },
      "expansion": "やけ (yake) + 糞(くそ) (kuso)",
      "name": "ja-compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From やけ (yake) + 糞(くそ) (kuso).",
  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
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    },
    {
      "form": "やけくそ",
      "roman": "yakekuso",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of やけ (yake, “despair, desperation”)"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "やけ",
          "やけ#Japanese"
        ],
        [
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        ],
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        "(emphatic) Synonym of やけ (yake, “despair, desperation”)"
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        }
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "やけくそ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ja̠ke̞kɯ̟so̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "やけくそ"
}
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "",
        "3": "糞",
        "4": "くそ",
        "t1": "",
        "t2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "やけ (yake) + 糞(くそ) (kuso)",
      "name": "ja-compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From やけ (yake) + 糞(くそ) (kuso).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "yakekuso",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やけくそ",
      "roman": "yakekuso",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "ja-noun"
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Japanese hiragana",
        "Japanese lemmas",
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        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese nouns",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "やけ",
          "やけ#Japanese"
        ],
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        ],
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        ]
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        }
      ],
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      ]
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  ],
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      "other": "やけくそ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ja̠ke̞kɯ̟so̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "やけくそ"
}

Download raw JSONL data for やけくそ meaning in Japanese (1.4kB)

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

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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
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}

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