"わに" meaning in Japanese

See わに in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Wani [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper}} わに • (Wani)
  1. 王仁: Wani, a possibly legendary immigrant to Japan from the Korean peninsula kingdom of Baekje, invited during the reign of Emperor Ōjin (270-310 AD); notable for purportedly bringing the Analects of Confucius and the Thousand Character Classic to Japan (though this is controversial; see the Wikipedia article on Wani for details)
    Sense id: en-わに-ja-name-C6OrBCqP 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: 74 10 16 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 70 11 18 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 71 11 18 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 72 11 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 73 9 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 7 14

Noun

Forms: wani [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun}} わに • (wani)
  1. 鰐: an alligator or crocodile; a shark or other large dangerous fish
    Sense id: en-わに-ja-noun-aX5UgXKR
  2. ワニ: an alligator or crocodile
    Sense id: en-わに-ja-noun-2ZiWprib

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for わに meaning in Japanese (1.9kB)

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