"ユー" meaning in Japanese

See ユー in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [jɯ̟ᵝː] Forms: [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from English u. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|en|u}} English u Head templates: {{ja-noun}} ユー • (yū)
  1. The name of the Latin-script letter U. Categories (topical): Latin letter names
    Sense id: en-ユー-ja-noun-BS7QhgPE Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese pronouns, Japanese second person pronouns, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 86 14 Disambiguation of Japanese pronouns: 67 33 Disambiguation of Japanese second person pronouns: 64 36 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 86 14 Coordinate_terms: エー (ē) [Latin, letter-name], ビー () [Latin, letter-name], シー (shī) [Latin, letter-name], ディー () [Latin, letter-name], イー (ī) [Latin, letter-name], エフ (efu) [Latin, letter-name], ジー () [Latin, letter-name], エッチ (etchi) [Latin, letter-name], エイチ (eichi) [Latin, letter-name], アイ (ai) [Latin, letter-name], ジェー () [Latin, letter-name], ケー () [Latin, letter-name], エル (eru) [Latin, letter-name], エム (emu) [Latin, letter-name], エヌ (enu) [Latin, letter-name], オー (ō) [Latin, letter-name], ピー () [Latin, letter-name], キュー (kyū) [Latin, letter-name], アール (āru) [Latin, letter-name], エス (esu) [Latin, letter-name], ティー () [Latin, letter-name], ブイ (bui) [Latin, letter-name], ヴィー () [Latin, letter-name], ダブリュー (daburyū) [Latin, letter-name], エックス (ekkusu) [Latin, letter-name], ワイ (wai) [Latin, letter-name], ゼット (zetto) [Latin, letter-name]
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Pronoun

IPA: [jɯ̟ᵝː] Forms: [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from English you. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|en|you}} English you Head templates: {{ja-pos|pronoun}} ユー • (yū)
  1. (nonstandard, chiefly fiction) you Tags: nonstandard Categories (topical): Fiction Related terms: ミー (mī)
    Sense id: en-ユー-ja-pron-uwNHpGjZ Categories (other): Japanese katakana Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 33 67 Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for ユー meaning in Japanese (4.9kB)

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      "word": "ピー"
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