"やわい" meaning in Japanese

See やわい in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ja̠β̞a̠i]
Head templates: {{ja-adj|hhira=やはい|infl=i}} やわい • (yawai) ^(←やはい (yafai)?)-i (adverbial やわく (yawaku)) 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=やわ|provisional=かったら|terminal=い|volitional=かろう}} Forms: yawai [romanization], yafai [romanization], やわく [adverbial], no-table-tags [table-tags], やわかろ [imperfective, stem], yawakaro [imperfective, stem], やわく [continuative, stem], yawaku [continuative, stem], やわい [stem, terminative], yawai [stem, terminative], やわい [attributive, stem], yawai [attributive, stem], やわけれ [hypothetical, stem], yawakere [hypothetical, stem], やわかれ [imperative, stem], yawakare [imperative, stem], やわくない [informal, negative], yawaku nai [informal, negative], やわかった [informal, past], yawakatta [informal, past], やわくなかった [informal, negative, past], yawaku nakatta [informal, negative, past], やわいです [formal], yawai desu [formal], やわくないです [formal, negative], yawaku nai desu [formal, negative], やわかったです [formal, past], yawakatta desu [formal, past], やわくなかったです [formal, negative, past], yawaku nakatta desu [formal, negative, past], やわくて [conjunctive], yawakute [conjunctive], やわければ [conditional], yawakereba [conditional], やわかったら [conditional, past], yawakattara [conditional, past], やわかろう [volitional], yawakarō [volitional], やわく [adverbial], yawaku [adverbial], やわさ [noun-from-adj], yawasa [noun-from-adj]
  1. Alternative form of やわらかい (yawarakai, “soft”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: やわらかい (extra: yawarakai, “soft”)
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "yawai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yafai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やわく",
      "roman": "yawaku",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やわかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yawakaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やわく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yawaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やわい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yawai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やわい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yawai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やわけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yawakere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やわかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yawakare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やわくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yawaku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やわかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yawakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やわくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yawaku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やわいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yawai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やわくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yawaku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やわかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yawakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やわくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yawaku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やわくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yawakute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やわければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yawakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やわかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yawakattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やわかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yawakarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やわく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yawaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やわさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yawasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hhira": "やはい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "やわい • (yawai) ^(←やはい (yafai)?)-i (adverbial やわく (yawaku))",
      "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": "やわ",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "yawarakai, “soft”",
          "word": "やわらかい"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of やわらかい (yawarakai, “soft”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-やわい-ja-adj-6KNNGIpH",
      "links": [
        [
          "やわらかい",
          "やわらかい#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "やわい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ja̠β̞a̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "やわい"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "yawai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yafai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やわく",
      "roman": "yawaku",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やわかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yawakaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やわく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yawaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やわい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yawai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やわい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yawai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やわけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yawakere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やわかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yawakare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やわくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yawaku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やわかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yawakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やわくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yawaku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やわいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yawai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やわくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yawaku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やわかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yawakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やわくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yawaku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やわくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yawakute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やわければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yawakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やわかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yawakattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やわかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yawakarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やわく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yawaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やわさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yawasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hhira": "やはい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "やわい • (yawai) ^(←やはい (yafai)?)-i (adverbial やわく (yawaku))",
      "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": "やわ",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "yawarakai, “soft”",
          "word": "やわらかい"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Japanese adjectives",
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese hiragana",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with manual fragments",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms spelled with わ",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese い-i adjectives",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of やわらかい (yawarakai, “soft”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "やわらかい",
          "やわらかい#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "やわい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ja̠β̞a̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "やわい"
}

Download raw JSONL data for やわい meaning in Japanese (4.9kB)

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