"ホスト" meaning in Japanese

See ホスト in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ho̞sɨ̥to̞] Forms: hosuto [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from English host. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|en|host}} English host Head templates: {{ja-noun}} ホスト • (hosuto)
  1. a host (person who receives or entertains a guest)
    Sense id: en-ホスト-ja-noun-nhSsOntZ 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, Host industry, Occupations Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 44 37 6 12 Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 38 39 11 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 40 34 13 13 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 41 33 13 13 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 41 34 12 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 61 21 6 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 58 32 4 6 Disambiguation of Host industry: 28 21 25 26 Disambiguation of Occupations: 41 33 15 11
  2. a host (person or organisation responsible for running an event)
    Sense id: en-ホスト-ja-noun-BW3fUE1V Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese katakana, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Host industry Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 44 37 6 12 Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 38 39 11 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 40 34 13 13 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 41 34 12 13 Disambiguation of Host industry: 28 21 25 26
  3. a host (moderator)
    Sense id: en-ホスト-ja-noun-W3UvMKYG Categories (other): Japanese katakana, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Host industry Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 38 39 11 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 40 34 13 13 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 41 34 12 13 Disambiguation of Host industry: 28 21 25 26
  4. a host (paid male companion offering conversation)
    Sense id: en-ホスト-ja-noun-X9ebIaNb Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese katakana, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Host industry, Male people Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 44 37 6 12 Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 38 39 11 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 40 34 13 13 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 41 34 12 13 Disambiguation of Host industry: 28 21 25 26 Disambiguation of Male people: 13 3 0 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ホステス (hosutesu) 
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Download raw JSONL data for ホスト meaning in Japanese (1.4kB)

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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 2025-06-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-20 using wiktextract (3dadd05 and f1c2b61). 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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