"レター" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ɾe̞ta̠ː] Forms: retā [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from English letter. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|en|letter}} English letter Head templates: {{ja-noun}} レター • (retā)
  1. (orthography) a letter (letter of the alphabet)
    Sense id: en-レター-ja-noun-otg8yOfc Categories (other): Orthography, 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, Post Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 31 37 31 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 56 39 5 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 54 40 6 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 56 39 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 34 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 20 10 Disambiguation of Post: 96 4 0 Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, orthography, publishing, writing
  2. Synonym of 手紙 (tegami, “letter”) (written message) Synonyms: 手紙 [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-レター-ja-noun-ZbldUs2f Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese katakana Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 40 51 8 Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 31 37 31
  3. letter (paper size)
    Sense id: en-レター-ja-noun-X9UsPYYD Categories (other): Japanese katakana Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 31 37 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ラブレター (rabu retā), 文字 (moji) (ruby: (), ())
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Download raw JSONL data for レター meaning in Japanese (1.7kB)

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