"マイナス" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ma̠ina̠sɨ] Forms: mainasu [romanization]
Etymology: From English minus. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|en|minus}} English minus Head templates: {{ja-noun}} マイナス • (mainasu)
  1. minus
    Sense id: en-マイナス-ja-noun-Ep-ncTrb 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, Japanese verbs without transitivity, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 100 0 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 73 27 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 73 27 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 73 27 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 61 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 17

Verb

IPA: [ma̠ina̠sɨ]
Etymology: From English minus. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|en|minus}} English minus Head templates: {{ja-verb-suru}} マイナスする • (mainasu suru) suru (stem マイナスし (mainasu shi), past マイナスした (mainasu shita)) Forms: マイナスする [canonical], mainasu suru [romanization], マイナスし [stem], マイナスした [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], マイナスし [error-unrecognized-form], mainasu shi [error-unrecognized-form], マイナスする [error-unrecognized-form], mainasu suru [error-unrecognized-form], マイナスすれ [error-unrecognized-form], mainasu sure [error-unrecognized-form], マイナスせよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], マイナスしろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], mainasu seyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], mainasu shiro [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], マイナスされる [passive], mainasu sareru [passive], マイナスさせる [causative], マイナスさす [causative], mainasu saseru [causative], mainasu sasu [causative], マイナスできる [potential], mainasu dekiru [potential], マイナスしよう [volitional], mainasu shiyō [volitional], マイナスしない [negative], mainasu shinai [negative], マイナスせず [continuative, negative], mainasu sezu [continuative, negative], マイナスします [formal], mainasu shimasu [formal], マイナスした [perfective], mainasu shita [perfective], マイナスして [conjunctive], mainasu shite [conjunctive], マイナスすれば [conditional, hypothetical], mainasu sureba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. subtract
    Sense id: en-マイナス-ja-verb-HMYku-S7

Alternative forms

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      "form": "マイナスされる",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "mainasu sareru",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "マイナスさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
    {
      "form": "マイナスさす",
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    },
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      "form": "mainasu saseru",
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      "form": "mainasu sasu",
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      "form": "マイナスできる",
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      "form": "mainasu dekiru",
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      "form": "マイナスしよう",
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      "form": "mainasu shiyō",
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    },
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      "form": "マイナスしない",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
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      "form": "mainasu shinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
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    },
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      "form": "マイナスせず",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "mainasu sezu",
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      "form": "マイナスします",
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      "form": "mainasu shimasu",
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      "form": "マイナスした",
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      "form": "mainasu shita",
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      "form": "マイナスして",
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      "form": "mainasu shite",
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      "form": "マイナスすれば",
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      "form": "マイナスすれ",
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      "form": "mainasu sure",
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    {
      "form": "マイナスされる",
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    {
      "form": "mainasu sareru",
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    },
    {
      "form": "マイナスさせる",
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    },
    {
      "form": "マイナスさす",
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      "tags": [
        "causative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mainasu saseru",
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "mainasu sasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "マイナスできる",
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    },
    {
      "form": "mainasu dekiru",
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    },
    {
      "form": "マイナスしよう",
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "mainasu shiyō",
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    },
    {
      "form": "マイナスしない",
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    },
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      "form": "mainasu shinai",
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      "form": "マイナスせず",
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    {
      "form": "mainasu sezu",
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    },
    {
      "form": "マイナスします",
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    },
    {
      "form": "mainasu shimasu",
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      "form": "マイナスした",
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    {
      "form": "mainasu shita",
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    {
      "form": "マイナスして",
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    {
      "form": "mainasu shite",
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    },
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      "form": "マイナスすれば",
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Download raw JSONL data for マイナス meaning in Japanese (5.5kB)

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  "title": "マイナス",
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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Mizenkei (\"imperfective\")'",
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  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "マイナス",
  "trace": ""
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{
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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Ren’yōkei (\"continuative\")'",
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  "title": "マイナス",
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{
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  "title": "マイナス",
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  "title": "マイナス",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Kateikei (\"hypothetical\")'",
  "path": [
    "マイナス"
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  "title": "マイナス",
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}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
  "path": [
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  "title": "マイナス",
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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 2025-06-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (58c391d 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.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.