"わきまえ" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [β̞a̠kʲima̠e̞] Forms: wakimae [romanization], wakimafe [romanization], わきまへ [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|hhira=わきまへ}} わきまえ • (wakimae) ^(←わきまへ (wakimafe)?)
  1. (the act of) distinguishing; discerning; discernment
    Sense id: en-わきまえ-ja-noun-JHOE0P1q 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: 36 28 36 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 37 28 35 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 37 29 35 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 37 29 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 28 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 32 31
  2. knowing what is appropriate
    Sense id: en-わきまえ-ja-noun-Z0pIQ2Q1 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: 36 28 36 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 37 28 35 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 37 29 35 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 37 29 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 28 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 32 31

Verb

IPA: [β̞a̠kʲima̠e̞] Forms: wakimae [romanization], wakimafe [romanization], わきまへ [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-verb form|hhira=わきまへ}} わきまえ • (wakimae) ^(←わきまへ (wakimafe)?)
  1. imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of わきまえる (wakimaeru) [ichidan]
    Sense id: en-わきまえ-ja-verb-ZAWDfd7z 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: 36 28 36 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 37 28 35 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 37 29 35 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 37 29 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 28 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 32 31

Alternative forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wakimae",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wakimafe",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わきまへ",
      "roman": "wakimafe",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hhira": "わきまへ"
      },
      "expansion": "わきまえ • (wakimae) ^(←わきまへ (wakimafe)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "36 28 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 28 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 29 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 29 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 28 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 32 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "distinguishing; discerning; discernment"
      ],
      "id": "en-わきまえ-ja-noun-JHOE0P1q",
      "links": [
        [
          "distinguish",
          "distinguish"
        ],
        [
          "discern",
          "discern"
        ],
        [
          "discernment",
          "discernment"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "the act of",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(the act of) distinguishing; discerning; discernment"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "36 28 36",
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          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 28 35",
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          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 29 35",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 29 35",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 28 36",
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        },
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "knowing what is appropriate"
      ],
      "id": "en-わきまえ-ja-noun-Z0pIQ2Q1",
      "links": [
        [
          "know",
          "know"
        ],
        [
          "appropriate",
          "appropriate"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "わきまえ"
    },
    {
      "other": "わきまえ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[β̞a̠kʲima̠e̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "わきまえ"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wakimae",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wakimafe",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わきまへ",
      "roman": "wakimafe",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hhira": "わきまへ"
      },
      "expansion": "わきまえ • (wakimae) ^(←わきまへ (wakimafe)?)",
      "name": "ja-verb form"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "36 28 36",
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 29 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 29 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 28 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
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        "imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of わきまえる (wakimaeru)"
      ],
      "id": "en-わきまえ-ja-verb-ZAWDfd7z",
      "links": [
        [
          "imperfective",
          "未然形#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "stem (or continuative) forms",
          "連用形#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "わきまえる",
          "わきまえる#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of わきまえる (wakimaeru) [ichidan]"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "わきまえ"
    },
    {
      "other": "わきまえ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[β̞a̠kʲima̠e̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "わきまえ"
}
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    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese non-lemma forms",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms spelled with わ",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese verb forms",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wakimae",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wakimafe",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わきまへ",
      "roman": "wakimafe",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hhira": "わきまへ"
      },
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      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "distinguishing; discerning; discernment"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "distinguish",
          "distinguish"
        ],
        [
          "discern",
          "discern"
        ],
        [
          "discernment",
          "discernment"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "the act of",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(the act of) distinguishing; discerning; discernment"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "knowing what is appropriate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "know",
          "know"
        ],
        [
          "appropriate",
          "appropriate"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "わきまえ"
    },
    {
      "other": "わきまえ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[β̞a̠kʲima̠e̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "わきまえ"
}

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    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese non-lemma forms",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms spelled with わ",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese verb forms",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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    {
      "form": "wakimae",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wakimafe",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わきまへ",
      "roman": "wakimafe",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hhira": "わきまへ"
      },
      "expansion": "わきまえ • (wakimae) ^(←わきまへ (wakimafe)?)",
      "name": "ja-verb form"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of わきまえる (wakimaeru)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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          "未然形#Japanese"
        ],
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          "連用形#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "わきまえる",
          "わきまえる#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of わきまえる (wakimaeru) [ichidan]"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "わきまえ"
    },
    {
      "other": "わきまえ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[β̞a̠kʲima̠e̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "わきまえ"
}

Download raw JSONL data for わきまえ meaning in Japanese (2.6kB)

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  "title": "わきまえ",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}

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  ],
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  "title": "わきまえ",
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}

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  "path": [
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  "title": "わきまえ",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}

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  "subsection": "verb",
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}

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