See わわる in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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[
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],
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},
{
"english": "to whisper",
"roman": "sasameku",
"translation": "to whisper",
"word": "ささめく"
},
{
"english": "to speak quietly",
"roman": "odayaka ni hanasu",
"ruby": [
[
"穏",
"おだ"
],
[
"話",
"はな"
]
],
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"word": "穏やかに話す"
},
{
"english": "to speak slowly and quietly",
"roman": "hosoboso hanasu",
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[
"話",
"はな"
]
],
"translation": "to speak slowly and quietly",
"word": "ほそぼそ話す"
}
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},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
{
"form": "ja-conj-bungo",
"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
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"form": "わわら",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"irrealis",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "wawara",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"irrealis",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "わわり",
"source": "conjugation",
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"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "wawari",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "わわる",
"source": "conjugation",
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"stem",
"terminative"
]
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"form": "wawaru",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "わわる",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "wawaru",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "わわれ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"realis",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "waware",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"realis",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "わわれ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "waware",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "わわらず",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "wawarazu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "わわれど",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"contrastive"
]
},
{
"form": "wawaredo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"contrastive"
]
},
{
"form": "わわれば",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative"
]
},
{
"form": "wawareba",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative"
]
},
{
"form": "わわらば",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "wawaraba",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "わわりき",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "wawariki",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "わわりけり",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "wawarikeri",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "わわりつ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"perfect"
]
},
{
"form": "wawaritu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"perfect"
]
},
{
"form": "わわりぬ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"perfect"
]
},
{
"form": "wawarinu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"perfect"
]
},
{
"form": "わわれり",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"perfect"
]
},
{
"form": "わわりたり",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"perfect"
]
},
{
"form": "wawareri",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"perfect"
]
},
{
"form": "wawaritari",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"perfect"
]
},
{
"form": "わわらむ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "wawaramu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
}
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"2": "4-r"
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"parents": [],
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{
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"parents": [],
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{
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],
"glosses": [
"to raise one's voice, to speak noisily, to yell, to shout"
],
"id": "en-わわる-ja-verb-xFQR4-L~",
"links": [
[
"raise one's voice",
"raise one's voice"
],
[
"speak",
"speak"
],
[
"noisily",
"noisily"
],
[
"yell",
"yell"
],
[
"shout",
"shout"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic, possibly obsolete) to raise one's voice, to speak noisily, to yell, to shout"
],
"related": [
{
"english": "to say",
"roman": "iu",
"ruby": [
[
"言",
"い"
]
],
"translation": "to say",
"word": "言う"
},
{
"english": "to speak",
"roman": "hanasu",
"ruby": [
[
"話",
"はな"
]
],
"translation": "to speak",
"word": "話す"
},
{
"english": "noisily",
"roman": "waiwai",
"translation": "noisily",
"word": "わいわい"
}
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"obsolete",
"possibly"
],
"wikipedia": [
"Nihon Kokugo Daijiten",
"Nippo Jisho"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[β̞a̠β̞a̠ɾɯ̟]"
}
],
"word": "わわる"
}
{
"antonyms": [
{
"english": "to whisper",
"roman": "sasayaku",
"ruby": [
[
"囁",
"ささや"
]
],
"translation": "to whisper",
"word": "囁く"
},
{
"english": "to whisper",
"roman": "sasameku",
"translation": "to whisper",
"word": "ささめく"
},
{
"english": "to speak quietly",
"roman": "odayaka ni hanasu",
"ruby": [
[
"穏",
"おだ"
],
[
"話",
"はな"
]
],
"translation": "to speak quietly",
"word": "穏やかに話す"
},
{
"english": "to speak slowly and quietly",
"roman": "hosoboso hanasu",
"ruby": [
[
"話",
"はな"
]
],
"translation": "to speak slowly and quietly",
"word": "ほそぼそ話す"
}
],
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"2": "",
"3": "in the manner of many people talking noisily",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"table-tags"
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},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "わわら",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"irrealis",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "wawara",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"irrealis",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "わわり",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "wawari",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "わわる",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
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{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"stem",
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},
{
"form": "わわる",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "wawaru",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "わわれ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"realis",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "waware",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"realis",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "わわれ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "waware",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "わわらず",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "wawarazu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "わわれど",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"contrastive"
]
},
{
"form": "wawaredo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"contrastive"
]
},
{
"form": "わわれば",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative"
]
},
{
"form": "wawareba",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative"
]
},
{
"form": "わわらば",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "wawaraba",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "わわりき",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "wawariki",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "わわりけり",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "wawarikeri",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "わわりつ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"perfect"
]
},
{
"form": "wawaritu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"perfect"
]
},
{
"form": "わわりぬ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"perfect"
]
},
{
"form": "wawarinu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"perfect"
]
},
{
"form": "わわれり",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"perfect"
]
},
{
"form": "わわりたり",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"perfect"
]
},
{
"form": "wawareri",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"perfect"
]
},
{
"form": "wawaritari",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"perfect"
]
},
{
"form": "わわらむ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "wawaramu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
}
],
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"1": "わわる",
"tr": "intrans",
"type": "yo"
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"name": "ja-verb"
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"2": "4-r"
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"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
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"roman": "iu",
"ruby": [
[
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"い"
]
],
"translation": "to say",
"word": "言う"
},
{
"english": "to speak",
"roman": "hanasu",
"ruby": [
[
"話",
"はな"
]
],
"translation": "to speak",
"word": "話す"
},
{
"english": "noisily",
"roman": "waiwai",
"translation": "noisily",
"word": "わいわい"
}
],
"senses": [
{
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{
"date": "from 1603",
"references": []
}
],
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"Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"Japanese hiragana",
"Japanese intransitive verbs",
"Japanese lemmas",
"Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"Japanese terms spelled with わ",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent",
"Japanese terms with archaic senses",
"Japanese terms with obsolete senses",
"Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Japanese verbs",
"Japanese yodan verbs",
"Japanese yodan verbs ending with -ru",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
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"to raise one's voice, to speak noisily, to yell, to shout"
],
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"raise one's voice",
"raise one's voice"
],
[
"speak",
"speak"
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[
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"noisily"
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[
"yell",
"yell"
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[
"shout",
"shout"
]
],
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"(archaic, possibly obsolete) to raise one's voice, to speak noisily, to yell, to shout"
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"obsolete",
"possibly"
],
"wikipedia": [
"Nihon Kokugo Daijiten",
"Nippo Jisho"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "[β̞a̠β̞a̠ɾɯ̟]"
}
],
"word": "わわる"
}
Download raw JSONL data for わわる meaning in Japanese (5.6kB)
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