やさき in Japanese

IPA: [ja̠sa̠kʲi] Forms: yasaki [romanization], やさき [hiragana, historical] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From 矢(や) (ya) + 先(さき) (saki). Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|矢|や|先|さき|t1=|t2=}} 矢(や) (ya) + 先(さき) (saki) Head templates: {{ja-noun|hhira=やさき}} やさき • (yasaki) ^(←やさき (yasaki)?)

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "矢",
        "2": "や",
        "3": "先",
        "4": "さき",
        "t1": "",
        "t2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "矢(や) (ya) + 先(さき) (saki)",
      "name": "ja-compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From 矢(や) (ya) + 先(さき) (saki).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "yasaki",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やさき",
      "roman": "yasaki",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "hhira": "やさき"
      },
      "expansion": "やさき • (yasaki) ^(←やさき (yasaki)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "arrowhead"
      ],
      "id": "en-やさき-ja-noun-7iNl~fGx",
      "links": [
        [
          "arrowhead",
          "arrowhead"
        ]
      ]
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        },
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "beginning; just as one starts"
      ],
      "id": "en-やさき-ja-noun-hFUPAWEJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "beginning",
          "beginning"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "やさき"
    },
    {
      "other": "やさき"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ja̠sa̠kʲi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "やさき"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Japanese compound terms",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "矢",
        "2": "や",
        "3": "先",
        "4": "さき",
        "t1": "",
        "t2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "矢(や) (ya) + 先(さき) (saki)",
      "name": "ja-compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From 矢(や) (ya) + 先(さき) (saki).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "yasaki",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やさき",
      "roman": "yasaki",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hhira": "やさき"
      },
      "expansion": "やさき • (yasaki) ^(←やさき (yasaki)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "arrowhead"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "arrowhead",
          "arrowhead"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "beginning; just as one starts"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beginning",
          "beginning"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "やさき"
    },
    {
      "other": "やさき"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ja̠sa̠kʲi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "やさき"
}

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"やさき" meaning in Japanese

Noun