ワイフ in Japanese

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "waifu",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: waifu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: waifu"
    }
  ],
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        "3": "wife"
      },
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      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from English wife.\nFirst cited to a text from 1860.",
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    {
      "form": "waifu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "ワイフ • (waifu)",
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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        },
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          "name": "Family",
          "orig": "ja:Family",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wife"
      ],
      "id": "en-ワイフ-ja-noun-nVKjyOTW",
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        "(informal) wife"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "english": "husband",
          "roman": "hazubando",
          "word": "ハズバンド"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "tsuma",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "妻",
              "つま"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "妻"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kanai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "家",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "内",
              "ない"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "家内"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nyōbō",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "女",
              "にょう"
            ],
            [
              "房",
              "ぼう"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "女房"
        },
        {
          "roman": "okusan",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "奥",
              "おく"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "奥さん"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Daijirin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ワイフ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[β̞a̠iɸɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ワイフ"
}

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{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "waifu",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: waifu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: waifu"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "wife"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from English wife",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from English wife.\nFirst cited to a text from 1860.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "waifu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ワイフ • (waifu)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "husband",
      "roman": "hazubando",
      "word": "ハズバンド"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese informal terms",
        "Japanese katakana",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese nouns",
        "Japanese terms borrowed from English",
        "Japanese terms derived from English",
        "Japanese terms spelled with ワ",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wife"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) wife"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Daijirin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ワイフ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[β̞a̠iɸɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "tsuma",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "妻",
          "つま"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "妻"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kanai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "家",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "内",
          "ない"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "家内"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nyōbō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "女",
          "にょう"
        ],
        [
          "房",
          "ぼう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "女房"
    },
    {
      "roman": "okusan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "奥",
          "おく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "奥さん"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ワイフ"
}

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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "ワイフ"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ワイフ",
  "trace": ""
}

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"ワイフ" meaning in Japanese

Noun

Alternative forms