"りょ" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ɾʲo̞] Forms: ryo [romanization]
Etymology: Shortening of 了(りょう)解(かい) (ryōkai). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|了%解|りょう%かい}} 了(りょう)解(かい) (ryōkai) Head templates: {{ja-noun|りょ}} りょ • (ryo)
  1. (text messaging slang) Short for 了解 (ryōkai, “understand”). Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, slang Alternative form of: 了解 (extra: ryōkai, “understand”)
    Sense id: en-りょ-ja-noun-u9GQA8bz Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 68 32 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 72 28 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 78 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Syllable

IPA: [ɾʲo̞] Forms: ryo [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|syllable}} りょ • (ryo)
  1. The hiragana syllable りょ (ryo). Its equivalent in katakana is リョ (ryo).
    Sense id: en-りょ-ja-syllable-4UCvswjP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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    }
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        ],
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        ]
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɾʲo̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "りょ"
}

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    "旅",
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    "慮",
    "呂",
    "侶",
    "絽",
    "捛",
    "梠",
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    "鋁",
    "廬",
    "濾",
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    "爈",
    "膂"
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          "kind": "other",
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        "(text messaging slang) Short for 了解 (ryōkai, “understand”)."
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      "ipa": "[ɾʲo̞]"
    }
  ],
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    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
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    "Pages with entries"
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      ],
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          "りょ",
          "りょ#Japanese"
        ],
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          "リョ",
          "リョ#Japanese"
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    {
      "ipa": "[ɾʲo̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "りょ"
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    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
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  "lang_code": "ja",
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    "旅",
    "虜",
    "慮",
    "呂",
    "侶",
    "絽",
    "捛",
    "梠",
    "郘",
    "鋁",
    "廬",
    "濾",
    "櫖",
    "爈",
    "膂"
  ],
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      "ipa": "[ɾʲo̞]"
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Download raw JSONL data for りょ meaning in Japanese (2.4kB)

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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "りょ"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "syllable",
  "title": "りょ",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
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}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-05-29 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-20 using wiktextract (e937b02 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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