"ゲーム" meaning in Japanese

See ゲーム in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɡe̞ːmɯ̟] Forms: gēmu [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from English game. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|en|game}} English game Head templates: {{ja-noun}} ゲーム • (gēmu)
  1. game
    Sense id: en-ゲーム-ja-noun-bKXKt35w
  2. video game Categories (topical): Video games
    Sense id: en-ゲーム-ja-noun-H5BclVio Disambiguation of Video games: 6 94 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese katakana, 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: 4 96 Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 5 95 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 3 97 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 3 97 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 遊戯 (yūgi) (ruby: (ゆう), ()), 試合 (shiai) (ruby: (), (あい)) Derived forms: ゲームソフト (gēmu sofuto), ギャルゲーム (gyarugēmu), テレビゲーム (terebi gēmu), ネットゲーム (netto gēmu)

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "gēmu sofuto",
      "word": "ゲームソフト"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "gyarugēmu",
      "word": "ギャルゲーム"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "terebi gēmu",
      "word": "テレビゲーム"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "netto gēmu",
      "word": "ネットゲーム"
    }
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            "Mass media",
            "Software",
            "Recreation",
            "Culture",
            "Media",
            "Computing",
            "Human activity",
            "Society",
            "Communication",
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          "roman": "Sumaho de gēmu shitai.",
          "text": "スマホでゲームしたい。",
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        },
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          "english": "video game addiction",
          "roman": "gēmu izon",
          "ruby": [
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              "依",
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            [
              "存",
              "ぞん"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡe̞ːmɯ̟]"
    }
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          "遊",
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    "Japanese terms derived from English",
    "Japanese terms spelled with ー",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with audio pronunciation",
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      "roman": "gēmu sofuto",
      "word": "ゲームソフト"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gyarugēmu",
      "word": "ギャルゲーム"
    },
    {
      "roman": "terebi gēmu",
      "word": "テレビゲーム"
    },
    {
      "roman": "netto gēmu",
      "word": "ネットゲーム"
    }
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              "依",
              "い"
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            [
              "存",
              "ぞん"
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          "合",
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        ]
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    }
  ],
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}

Download raw JSONL data for ゲーム meaning in Japanese (1.8kB)

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  "section": "Japanese",
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  "title": "ゲーム",
  "trace": ""
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