"を" meaning in Japanese

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Particle

IPA: [o̞] Forms: o [romanization]
Etymology: /wo/ → /o/ From Proto-Japonic *wo. Cognate with Okinawan ゆ (yu). Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|jpx-pro|*wo}} Proto-Japonic *wo, {{cog|ryu|ゆ|tr=yu}} Okinawan ゆ (yu) Head templates: {{ja-pos|particle}} を • (o)
  1. A case particle.
    (with transitive verb) An accusative case particle: a grammatical marker following the direct object of a verb.
    Sense id: en-を-ja-particle-hdJ2dQyY Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese entries with language name categories using raw markup, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese particles Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 28 3 11 4 15 12 28 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with language name categories using raw markup: 23 3 13 4 19 15 23 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 22 2 13 5 19 16 23 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 22 2 13 5 20 16 23 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 28 3 18 6 25 20 Disambiguation of Japanese particles: 20 15 18 13 15 19
  2. A case particle.
    (with intransitive verb) away from, off
    Sense id: en-を-ja-particle-G2hSFD12 Categories (other): Japanese particles Disambiguation of Japanese particles: 20 15 18 13 15 19
  3. A case particle.
    (with intransitive verb) along, following a specified route, track, orbit, etc.
    Sense id: en-を-ja-particle-6ndvGETX Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese entries with language name categories using raw markup, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese particles Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 28 3 11 4 15 12 28 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with language name categories using raw markup: 23 3 13 4 19 15 23 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 22 2 13 5 19 16 23 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 22 2 13 5 20 16 23 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 28 3 18 6 25 20 Disambiguation of Japanese particles: 20 15 18 13 15 19
  4. (archaic) A conjunctive particle, usually following the rentaikei of classical inflectible words.
    Resultative conjunction: expresses reason or cause.     Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-を-ja-particle-PDEJOJtl Categories (other): Japanese particles Disambiguation of Japanese particles: 20 15 18 13 15 19
  5. (archaic) A conjunctive particle, usually following the rentaikei of classical inflectible words.
    Contrastive conjunction.     Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-を-ja-particle-XETbNjAO Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese entries with language name categories using raw markup, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese particles Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 28 3 11 4 15 12 28 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with language name categories using raw markup: 23 3 13 4 19 15 23 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 22 2 13 5 19 16 23 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 22 2 13 5 20 16 23 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 28 3 18 6 25 20 Disambiguation of Japanese particles: 20 15 18 13 15 19
  6. (archaic, literary) An interjectory particle, expressing sigh or emphasis. Tags: archaic, literary
    Sense id: en-を-ja-particle-8adBRxPv Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese entries with language name categories using raw markup, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese particles Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 28 3 11 4 15 12 28 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with language name categories using raw markup: 23 3 13 4 19 15 23 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 22 2 13 5 19 16 23 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 22 2 13 5 20 16 23 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 28 3 18 6 25 20 Disambiguation of Japanese particles: 20 15 18 13 15 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: In highly informal speech, a lengthened vowel may be used instead of を: 手ぇ上げ ― tē agero ― raise your hands
Etymology number: 2

Syllable

IPA: [ɰᵝo̞], [o̞] Forms: o [romanization]
Etymology: Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 遠 in the cursive sōsho style. Etymology templates: {{m|ja|遠}} 遠, {{ja-kana-mannyogana-etym}} Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 遠 in the cursive sōsho style Head templates: {{ja-pos|syllable}} を • (o)
  1. (obsolete except as a particle) The hiragana syllable を (o). Its equivalent in katakana is ヲ (o). It is the forty-seventh syllable in the gojūon order; its position is わ行お段 (wa-gyō o-dan, “row wa, section o”).
    Sense id: en-を-ja-syllable-kEjsONaK Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese entries with language name categories using raw markup, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 28 3 11 4 15 12 28 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with language name categories using raw markup: 23 3 13 4 19 15 23 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 22 2 13 5 19 16 23 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 22 2 13 5 20 16 23 Related terms: 平, 仮, 名, あ, ぁ, い, ぃ, う, ぅ, ゔ, え, ぇ, お, ぉ, か, ゕ, が, き, ぎ, く, ぐ, け, ゖ, げ, こ, 𛄲, ご, さ, ざ, し, じ, す, ず, せ, ぜ, そ, ぞ, た, だ, ち, ぢ, つ, っ, づ, て, で, と, ど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, は, ば, ぱ, ひ, び, ぴ, ふ, ぶ, ぷ, へ, べ, ぺ, ほ, ぼ, ぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, や, ゃ, 𛀆, ゆ, ゅ, 𛀁, よ, ょ, ら, ゚, り, る, れ, ろ, わ, ゎ, ゙, ゐ, 𛅐, 𛄟, ゑ, 𛅑, を, 𛅒, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ, うぉ (wo)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

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          "word": "げ"
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          "word": "こ"
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          "word": "𛄲"
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        },
        {
          "word": "す"
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          "word": "ず"
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        {
          "word": "せ"
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          "word": "ぜ"
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          "word": "そ"
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          "word": "ぞ"
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          "word": "だ"
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          "word": "ち"
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          "word": "ぢ"
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          "word": "つ"
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          "word": "づ"
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          "word": "て"
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          "word": "で"
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          "word": "と"
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          "word": "ど"
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          "word": "に"
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          "word": "ぬ"
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          "word": "ね"
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          "word": "の"
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          "word": "ぱ"
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          "word": "ひ"
        },
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          "word": "び"
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        {
          "word": "ぴ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ふ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぶ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぷ"
        },
        {
          "word": "へ"
        },
        {
          "word": "べ"
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          "word": "ぺ"
        },
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          "word": "ほ"
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          "word": "ぼ"
        },
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          "word": "ぽ"
        },
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          "text": "私がリンゴを食べる。"
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          "english": "to stand up from the seat",
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              "立",
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          "text": "席を立つ"
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          "english": "to run down the corridor",
          "roman": "rōka o hashiru",
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              "廊",
              "ろう"
            ],
            [
              "下",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "走",
              "はし"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "廊下を走る"
        },
        {
          "english": "to walk down the street",
          "roman": "machi o aruku",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "街",
              "まち"
            ],
            [
              "歩",
              "ある"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "街を歩く"
        },
        {
          "english": "a river that flows through Hokkaido",
          "roman": "Hokkaidō o nagareru kawa",
          "ruby": [
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              "北",
              "ほっ"
            ],
            [
              "海",
              "かい"
            ],
            [
              "道",
              "どう"
            ],
            [
              "流",
              "なが"
            ],
            [
              "川",
              "かわ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "北海道を流れる川"
        },
        {
          "english": "The Moon orbits the Earth.",
          "roman": "Chikyū no mawari o tsuki ga mawaru.",
          "ruby": [
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              "地",
              "ち"
            ],
            [
              "球",
              "きゅう"
            ],
            [
              "月",
              "つき"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "地球のまわりを月がまわる。"
        },
        {
          "english": "while it was falling through the sky",
          "ref": "1908, 夏目漱石 [Natsume Sōseki], 夢十夜 (Yume jūya)",
          "roman": "ōzora o ochiteiru ma",
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              "夏目漱石",
              "なつめそうせき"
            ],
            [
              "夢十夜",
              "ゆめじゅうや"
            ],
            [
              "大",
              "おお"
            ],
            [
              "空",
              "ぞら"
            ],
            [
              "落",
              "お"
            ],
            [
              "間",
              "ま"
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          ],
          "text": "大空を落ちている間"
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        "A case particle.",
        "(with intransitive verb) along, following a specified route, track, orbit, etc."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with intransitive verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "20 15 18 13 15 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese particles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "早",
              "はや"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "c. 1001–1014, Murasaki Shikibu, Genji Monogatari\nわざとあめるを、早うものせよかし。\nWazato a meru o, hayō monoseyo kashi.\nIt seems to be a special [invitation], so please go early."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A conjunctive particle, usually following the rentaikei of classical inflectible words.",
        "Resultative conjunction: expresses reason or cause."
      ],
      "id": "en-を-ja-particle-PDEJOJtl",
      "links": [
        [
          "rentaikei",
          "連体形#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) A conjunctive particle, usually following the rentaikei of classical inflectible words.",
        "Resultative conjunction: expresses reason or cause."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "28 3 11 4 15 12 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 3 13 4 19 15 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 2 13 5 19 16 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 2 13 5 20 16 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 3 18 6 25 20",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 15 18 13 15 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese particles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Even myself didn't know, how could others know?\n(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "1890, Mori Ōgai, The Dancing Girl",
          "roman": "Wagami dani shirazarishi o, ika de ka hito ni shiraru beki.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "我身",
              "わがみ"
            ],
            [
              "知",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "怎",
              "いか"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "ひと"
            ],
            [
              "知",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "我身",
              "わがみ"
            ],
            [
              "知",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "怎",
              "いか"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "ひと"
            ],
            [
              "知",
              "し"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "我身だに知らざりしを、怎でか人に知らるべき。\nWagami dani shirazarishi o, ika de ka hito ni shiraru beki.\nEven myself didn't know, how could others know?\n我身だに知らざりしを、怎でか人に知らるべき。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A conjunctive particle, usually following the rentaikei of classical inflectible words.",
        "Contrastive conjunction."
      ],
      "id": "en-を-ja-particle-XETbNjAO",
      "links": [
        [
          "rentaikei",
          "連体形#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) A conjunctive particle, usually following the rentaikei of classical inflectible words.",
        "Contrastive conjunction."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "28 3 11 4 15 12 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 3 13 4 19 15 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 2 13 5 19 16 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 2 13 5 20 16 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 3 18 6 25 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 15 18 13 15 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese particles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "You probably got wet while waiting for me; ah, I wish I could become a waterdrop in the mountain.",
          "ref": "c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 2, poem 108",
          "roman": "A o matsu to / Kimi ga nureken / Ashihiki no / Yama no shizuku ni / naramashi mono o",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "我",
              "あ"
            ],
            [
              "待",
              "ま"
            ],
            [
              "君",
              "きみ"
            ],
            [
              "濡",
              "ぬ"
            ],
            [
              "山",
              "やま"
            ]
          ],
          "text": ", text https://web.archive.org/web/20230325102829/http://jti.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/manyoshu/Man2Yos.html#108\n我を待つと君が濡れけむあしひきの山のしづくにならましものを"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An interjectory particle, expressing sigh or emphasis."
      ],
      "id": "en-を-ja-particle-8adBRxPv",
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        "(archaic, literary) An interjectory particle, expressing sigh or emphasis."
      ],
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        "archaic",
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[o̞]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "In highly informal speech"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "a lengthened vowel may be used instead of を: 手ぇ上げ ― tē agero ― raise your hands"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese syllables",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with audio links",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys"
  ],
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 遠 in the cursive sōsho style",
      "name": "ja-kana-mannyogana-etym"
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      "form": "o",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "word": "平"
    },
    {
      "word": "仮"
    },
    {
      "word": "名"
    },
    {
      "word": "あ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぁ"
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    {
      "word": "い"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぃ"
    },
    {
      "word": "う"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぅ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゔ"
    },
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      "word": "え"
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    {
      "word": "ぇ"
    },
    {
      "word": "お"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぉ"
    },
    {
      "word": "か"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゕ"
    },
    {
      "word": "が"
    },
    {
      "word": "き"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぎ"
    },
    {
      "word": "く"
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    {
      "word": "ぐ"
    },
    {
      "word": "け"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゖ"
    },
    {
      "word": "げ"
    },
    {
      "word": "こ"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛄲"
    },
    {
      "word": "ご"
    },
    {
      "word": "さ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ざ"
    },
    {
      "word": "し"
    },
    {
      "word": "じ"
    },
    {
      "word": "す"
    },
    {
      "word": "ず"
    },
    {
      "word": "せ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぜ"
    },
    {
      "word": "そ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぞ"
    },
    {
      "word": "た"
    },
    {
      "word": "だ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ち"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぢ"
    },
    {
      "word": "つ"
    },
    {
      "word": "っ"
    },
    {
      "word": "づ"
    },
    {
      "word": "て"
    },
    {
      "word": "で"
    },
    {
      "word": "と"
    },
    {
      "word": "ど"
    },
    {
      "word": "な"
    },
    {
      "word": "に"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぬ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ね"
    },
    {
      "word": "の"
    },
    {
      "word": "は"
    },
    {
      "word": "ば"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぱ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ひ"
    },
    {
      "word": "び"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぴ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ふ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぶ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぷ"
    },
    {
      "word": "へ"
    },
    {
      "word": "べ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぺ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ほ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぼ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぽ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ま"
    },
    {
      "word": "み"
    },
    {
      "word": "む"
    },
    {
      "word": "め"
    },
    {
      "word": "も"
    },
    {
      "word": "や"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゃ"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛀆"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゆ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゅ"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛀁"
    },
    {
      "word": "よ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ょ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ら"
    },
    {
      "word": "゚"
    },
    {
      "word": "り"
    },
    {
      "word": "る"
    },
    {
      "word": "れ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ろ"
    },
    {
      "word": "わ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゎ"
    },
    {
      "word": "゙"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゐ"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛅐"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛄟"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゑ"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛅑"
    },
    {
      "word": "を"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛅒"
    },
    {
      "word": "ん"
    },
    {
      "word": "ー"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゝ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゞ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゟ"
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      "word": "うぉ"
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      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "を",
          "を#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "ヲ",
          "ヲ#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "gojūon",
          "gojūon"
        ],
        [
          "行",
          "行#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "段",
          "段#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
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        "(obsolete except as a particle) The hiragana syllable を (o). Its equivalent in katakana is ヲ (o). It is the forty-seventh syllable in the gojūon order; its position is わ行お段 (wa-gyō o-dan, “row wa, section o”)."
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[ɰᵝo̞]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[o̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "を"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese particles",
    "Japanese terms derived from Proto-Japonic",
    "Japanese terms inherited from Proto-Japonic",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys"
  ],
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        "1": "ja",
        "2": "jpx-pro",
        "3": "*wo"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Japonic *wo",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ryu",
        "2": "ゆ",
        "tr": "yu"
      },
      "expansion": "Okinawan ゆ (yu)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "/wo/ → /o/\nFrom Proto-Japonic *wo. Cognate with Okinawan ゆ (yu).",
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      "form": "o",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
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        "1": "particle"
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "particle",
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      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I eat an apple.",
          "roman": "Watashi ga ringo o taberu.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "私",
              "わたし"
            ],
            [
              "食",
              "た"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "私がリンゴを食べる。"
        },
        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "私",
              "わたし"
            ],
            [
              "食",
              "た"
            ]
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        "A case particle.",
        "An accusative case particle: a grammatical marker following the direct object of a verb."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "accusative case",
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        ],
        [
          "direct object",
          "direct object#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "A case particle.",
        "(with transitive verb) An accusative case particle: a grammatical marker following the direct object of a verb."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with transitive verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to stand up from the seat",
          "roman": "seki o tatsu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "席",
              "せき"
            ],
            [
              "立",
              "た"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "席を立つ"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A case particle.",
        "away from, off"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "away",
          "away"
        ],
        [
          "off",
          "off"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "A case particle.",
        "(with intransitive verb) away from, off"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with intransitive verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to run down the corridor",
          "roman": "rōka o hashiru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "廊",
              "ろう"
            ],
            [
              "下",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "走",
              "はし"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "廊下を走る"
        },
        {
          "english": "to walk down the street",
          "roman": "machi o aruku",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "街",
              "まち"
            ],
            [
              "歩",
              "ある"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "街を歩く"
        },
        {
          "english": "a river that flows through Hokkaido",
          "roman": "Hokkaidō o nagareru kawa",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "北",
              "ほっ"
            ],
            [
              "海",
              "かい"
            ],
            [
              "道",
              "どう"
            ],
            [
              "流",
              "なが"
            ],
            [
              "川",
              "かわ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "北海道を流れる川"
        },
        {
          "english": "The Moon orbits the Earth.",
          "roman": "Chikyū no mawari o tsuki ga mawaru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "地",
              "ち"
            ],
            [
              "球",
              "きゅう"
            ],
            [
              "月",
              "つき"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "地球のまわりを月がまわる。"
        },
        {
          "english": "while it was falling through the sky",
          "ref": "1908, 夏目漱石 [Natsume Sōseki], 夢十夜 (Yume jūya)",
          "roman": "ōzora o ochiteiru ma",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "夏目漱石",
              "なつめそうせき"
            ],
            [
              "夢十夜",
              "ゆめじゅうや"
            ],
            [
              "大",
              "おお"
            ],
            [
              "空",
              "ぞら"
            ],
            [
              "落",
              "お"
            ],
            [
              "間",
              "ま"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "大空を落ちている間"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A case particle.",
        "along, following a specified route, track, orbit, etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "along",
          "along"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "A case particle.",
        "(with intransitive verb) along, following a specified route, track, orbit, etc."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with intransitive verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with archaic senses",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "早",
              "はや"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "c. 1001–1014, Murasaki Shikibu, Genji Monogatari\nわざとあめるを、早うものせよかし。\nWazato a meru o, hayō monoseyo kashi.\nIt seems to be a special [invitation], so please go early."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A conjunctive particle, usually following the rentaikei of classical inflectible words.",
        "Resultative conjunction: expresses reason or cause."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rentaikei",
          "連体形#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) A conjunctive particle, usually following the rentaikei of classical inflectible words.",
        "Resultative conjunction: expresses reason or cause."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with archaic senses",
        "Japanese terms with quotations",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Requests for translations of Japanese quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Even myself didn't know, how could others know?\n(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "1890, Mori Ōgai, The Dancing Girl",
          "roman": "Wagami dani shirazarishi o, ika de ka hito ni shiraru beki.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "我身",
              "わがみ"
            ],
            [
              "知",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "怎",
              "いか"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "ひと"
            ],
            [
              "知",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "我身",
              "わがみ"
            ],
            [
              "知",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "怎",
              "いか"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "ひと"
            ],
            [
              "知",
              "し"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "我身だに知らざりしを、怎でか人に知らるべき。\nWagami dani shirazarishi o, ika de ka hito ni shiraru beki.\nEven myself didn't know, how could others know?\n我身だに知らざりしを、怎でか人に知らるべき。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A conjunctive particle, usually following the rentaikei of classical inflectible words.",
        "Contrastive conjunction."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rentaikei",
          "連体形#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) A conjunctive particle, usually following the rentaikei of classical inflectible words.",
        "Contrastive conjunction."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese literary terms",
        "Japanese terms with archaic senses",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "You probably got wet while waiting for me; ah, I wish I could become a waterdrop in the mountain.",
          "ref": "c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 2, poem 108",
          "roman": "A o matsu to / Kimi ga nureken / Ashihiki no / Yama no shizuku ni / naramashi mono o",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "我",
              "あ"
            ],
            [
              "待",
              "ま"
            ],
            [
              "君",
              "きみ"
            ],
            [
              "濡",
              "ぬ"
            ],
            [
              "山",
              "やま"
            ]
          ],
          "text": ", text https://web.archive.org/web/20230325102829/http://jti.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/manyoshu/Man2Yos.html#108\n我を待つと君が濡れけむあしひきの山のしづくにならましものを"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An interjectory particle, expressing sigh or emphasis."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, literary) An interjectory particle, expressing sigh or emphasis."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[o̞]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "In highly informal speech"
    },
    {
      "word": "a lengthened vowel may be used instead of を: 手ぇ上げ ― tē agero ― raise your hands"
    }
  ],
  "word": "を"
}

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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "小",
    "悪",
    "尾",
    "男",
    "苧",
    "麻",
    "汚"
  ],
  "word": "を"
}

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}

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