"ラーメン" meaning in Japanese

See ラーメン in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɾa̠ːmẽ̞ɴ] Forms: ラーメン [canonical], らーめん [canonical], らあめん [canonical], rāmen [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 拉麵/拉面 (lāmiàn, literally “pulled noodles”). First cited to a text from 1930. Etymology templates: {{lang|ja|ラーメン}} ラーメン, {{bor+|ja|cmn|-|sort=らあめん}} Borrowed from Mandarin, {{zh-l|拉麵|lit=pulled noodles|tr=lāmiàn}} 拉麵/拉面 (lāmiàn, literally “pulled noodles”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|らーめん|らあめん}} ラーメン or らーめん or らあめん • (rāmen)
  1. ramen, a type of Chinese-style noodle dish Synonyms: 支那蕎麦 (shina soba) (ruby: (), (), 蕎麦(そば)), 中華蕎麦 (chūka soba) (ruby: (ちゅう), (), 蕎麦(そば))
    Sense id: en-ラーメン-ja-noun-87G-wb-g Categories (other): Japanese terms with redundant script codes
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ɾa̠ːmẽ̞ɴ] Forms: rāmen [romanization]
Etymology: From German Rahmen (“frame”). Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|de|Rahmen||frame}} German Rahmen (“frame”) Head templates: {{ja-noun}} ラーメン • (rāmen)
  1. (architecture, construction) rigid frame Derived forms: ラーメン橋 (rāmen-kyō) (ruby: (きょう))
    Sense id: en-ラーメン-ja-noun-jQacCyrW Categories (other): Architecture, Construction, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese katakana, Japanese links with redundant alt 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, Foods Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 43 57 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 22 78 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 25 75 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 12 88 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87 Disambiguation of Foods: 22 78 Topics: architecture, business, construction, manufacturing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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      "text": "→ English: ramen"
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      "text": "→ Korean: 라면 (ramyeon)\n→ English: ramyeon"
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      "text": "→ Russian: рамэн (ramɛn)"
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    "ja:松村明"
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Download raw JSONL data for ラーメン meaning in Japanese (4.7kB)

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