"中々" meaning in Japanese

See 中々 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

Forms: 中々 [canonical] (ruby: (なか), (なか)), nakanaka [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb|なかなか}} 中(なか)々(なか) • (nakanaka)
  1. very, quite, considerably, rather
    Sense id: en-中々-ja-adv-XbMZCFWj
  2. by no means (with negative verb)
    Sense id: en-中々-ja-adv-E8wjE0Ar Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 12 88 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 23 77 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "中々",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "中",
          "なか"
        ],
        [
          "々",
          "なか"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakanaka",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adverb",
        "2": "なかなか"
      },
      "expansion": "中(なか)々(なか) • (nakanaka)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "quite difficult",
          "roman": "nakanaka muzukashii",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "難",
              "むずか"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "なかなか難しい",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "impressive results",
          "roman": "nakanaka no kekka",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "結果",
              "けっか"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "なかなかの結果",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nakanaka dekinai",
          "text": "なかなかできない",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "very, quite, considerably, rather"
      ],
      "id": "en-中々-ja-adv-XbMZCFWj",
      "links": [
        [
          "very",
          "very"
        ],
        [
          "quite",
          "quite"
        ],
        [
          "considerably",
          "considerably"
        ],
        [
          "rather",
          "rather"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "9 91",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 88",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 88",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 95",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "There was nothing doing, so I went to bed, but could not sleep.",
          "ref": "1906, Natsume Sōseki, Botchan:",
          "roman": "Kudaranai kara, sugu neta ga, nakanaka nerarenai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "寝",
              "ね"
            ],
            [
              "寝",
              "ね"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "くだらないから、すぐ寝たが、なかなか寝られない。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "by no means (with negative verb)"
      ],
      "id": "en-中々-ja-adv-E8wjE0Ar",
      "links": [
        [
          "by no means",
          "by no means"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "中々"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese adverbs",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 々",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "中々",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "中",
          "なか"
        ],
        [
          "々",
          "なか"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakanaka",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adverb",
        "2": "なかなか"
      },
      "expansion": "中(なか)々(なか) • (nakanaka)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "quite difficult",
          "roman": "nakanaka muzukashii",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "難",
              "むずか"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "なかなか難しい",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "impressive results",
          "roman": "nakanaka no kekka",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "結果",
              "けっか"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "なかなかの結果",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nakanaka dekinai",
          "text": "なかなかできない",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "very, quite, considerably, rather"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "very",
          "very"
        ],
        [
          "quite",
          "quite"
        ],
        [
          "considerably",
          "considerably"
        ],
        [
          "rather",
          "rather"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "There was nothing doing, so I went to bed, but could not sleep.",
          "ref": "1906, Natsume Sōseki, Botchan:",
          "roman": "Kudaranai kara, sugu neta ga, nakanaka nerarenai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "寝",
              "ね"
            ],
            [
              "寝",
              "ね"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "くだらないから、すぐ寝たが、なかなか寝られない。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "by no means (with negative verb)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "by no means",
          "by no means"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "中々"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 中々 meaning in Japanese (1.8kB)

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