"ウェイ" meaning in Japanese

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Proper name

Forms: Wei [romanization]
Etymology: Abbreviation of ウェイ川 (Weigawa, “the Wei River”). Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper}} ウェイ • (Wei)
  1. 渭: The Wei River in China.
    Sense id: en-ウェイ-ja-name-hu--vT35 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese katakana, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 98 1 1 Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 89 5 5 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 97 2 2 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 97 1 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: wei [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from English way. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|en|way}} English way Head templates: {{ja-noun}} ウェイ • (wei)
  1. A way, a road or path.
    Sense id: en-ウェイ-ja-noun-nCGW1f8S
  2. A way, a method.
    Sense id: en-ウェイ-ja-noun-rDbiI3Bv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ウエイ, ウェー, ウエー
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for ウェイ meaning in Japanese (1.8kB)

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