"キャラ" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [kʲa̠ɾa̠] Forms: kyara [romanization]
Etymology: Clipping of キャラクター (kyarakutā, “character; personality”) Etymology templates: {{clipping|ja|キャラクター|キャラクター|character; personality|sort=きゃら|tr=kyarakutā}} Clipping of キャラクター (kyarakutā, “character; personality”) Head templates: {{ja-noun}} キャラ • (kyara)
  1. character, a fictitious person or creature
    Sense id: en-キャラ-ja-noun-KTIOF4Z9 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant target parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 61 39 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant target parameters: 61 39 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 61 39 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 59 41 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 61 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 60 40
  2. personality, especially one that is expressed towards others, as opposed to internal one
    Sense id: en-キャラ-ja-noun-mrxJoXBC Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese katakana, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for キャラ meaning in Japanese (2.0kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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