See 七夕 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"the Tanabata Japanese star festival, observed on 7 July"
],
"links": [
[
"Tanabata",
"Tanabata"
],
[
"star",
"star"
],
[
"festival",
"festival"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"the Chinese Qīxī Festival, also sometimes referred to as the Double Seventh Festival"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "しちせき"
},
{
"ipa": "[ɕit͡ɕise̞kʲi]"
}
],
"word": "七夕"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 七夕 meaning in Japanese (7.8kB)
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