"亀" meaning in Japanese

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Affix

Forms: [canonical] (ruby: ()), ki [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 龜 (MC kwij). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=き}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|龜|id=1}} 龜 (MC kwij) Head templates: {{ja-pos|affix|き}} 亀(き) • (ki)
  1. tortoise, turtle
    Sense id: en-亀-ja-affix-Gv9zLg9w
  2. tortoise shell used in divination
    Sense id: en-亀-ja-affix-6SR3l5Wl Categories (other): Japanese affixes Disambiguation of Japanese affixes: 6 26 0 20 7 19 7 15 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 亀鑑 (kikan) (ruby: (), (かん)), 亀甲 (kikkō) (ruby: (きっ), (こう)), 亀頭 (kitō) (ruby: (), (とう)), 亀卜 (kiboku) (ruby: (), (ぼく)), 亀裂 (kiretsu) (ruby: (), (れつ)), 神亀 (shinki) (ruby: (しん), ()), 盲亀 (mōki) (ruby: (もう), ()) Related terms: タートル (tātoru), トータス (tōtasu), (suppon) (ruby: (スッポン))
Etymology number: 2

Character

Forms: “Jōyō” kanji [common], [kyūjitai]
  1. Tags: kanji, no-gloss, shinjitai Derived forms: 神亀 (Jinki) (ruby: (じん), ()), 金亀子 (koganemushi) (ruby: 金亀子(コガネムシ))

Noun

IPA: [ka̠me̞] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (かめ)), [canonical] (ruby: (カメ)), kame [romanization]
Etymology: ⟨kame₂⟩ → */kaməɨ/ → /kame/ From Old Japanese 龜 (kame₂). First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE. Etymology templates: {{m|ja|亀|tr=kame}} 亀 (kame), {{IPAfont|⟨kame₂⟩}} ⟨kame₂⟩, {{inh|ja|ojp|龜|tr=kame₂}} Old Japanese 龜 (kame₂), {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE Head templates: {{ja-noun|かめ|カメ}} 亀(かめ) or 亀(カメ) • (kame)
  1. a tortoise or turtle (land or marine reptile with a shell) Categories (lifeform): Reptiles
    Sense id: en-亀-ja-noun--c0T9gdJ Disambiguation of Reptiles: 17 10 0 32 2 14 2 22 0
  2. (by extension, figurative, as turtles are thought to be good drinkers) a drunkard Tags: broadly, figuratively
    Sense id: en-亀-ja-noun-RnbLqhmU
  3. a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with various designs of tortoises
    Sense id: en-亀-ja-noun-mN3QsIrv
  4. (figurative) sluggishness; also, such a person Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-亀-ja-noun-le--3QQ3
  5. a shrugger
    Sense id: en-亀-ja-noun-EJSmgVah Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with raw sortkeys, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 3 6 0 5 2 33 4 47 0 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 11 12 0 9 2 22 4 40 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 4 13 0 7 5 25 9 37 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 9 10 0 10 2 22 6 40 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 12 12 0 9 2 20 6 39 0 Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 4 14 0 9 3 26 9 35 0 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 12 3 27 5 51 2 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 11 3 27 5 52 2
  6. (slang, as it resembles a turtle's neck) a penis Tags: slang Synonyms: 陰茎
    Sense id: en-亀-ja-noun-wrGZc3mH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 亀の年を鶴が羨む (kame no toshi o tsuru ga urayamu) (ruby: (かめ), (とし), (つる), (うらや))
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: 亀卜 (kameura) (ruby: (かめ), (うら)), 亀鳴く (kame naku) (ruby: (かめ), ()), 亀の子 (kame no ko) (ruby: (かめ), ()), 亀の甲 (kame no kō) (ruby: (かめ), (こう)), 亀の手, 石蜐 (kame no te), がめ (english: game), 石亀 (ishigame) (ruby: (イシ), (ガメ)), 海亀 (umigame) (ruby: (ウミ), (ガメ)), 阿亀 (okame) (ruby: (), (かめ)), 神亀 (shinkame) (ruby: (しん), (かめ)), 銭亀 (zenigame) (ruby: (ゼニ), (ガメ)), 鶴亀 (tsurukame) (ruby: (つる), (かめ)), 出歯亀 (debakame) (ruby: 出歯(でば), (かめ)), 花亀虫 (hanagamemushi) (ruby: (ハナ), (ガメ), (ムシ))

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for 亀 meaning in Japanese (9.5kB)

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    }
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        {
          "_dis": "17 10 0 32 2 14 2 22 0",
          "kind": "lifeform",
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          "name": "Reptiles",
          "orig": "ja:Reptiles",
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        {
          "english": "The tortoise ran without resting and won, and the hare rested and lost.",
          "ref": "2007, Kōsuke Hasumi, The Biology of Fairy Tales, page 28",
          "roman": "Yasunde makete shimatta usagi to yasumazu hashitte shōri shita kame.",
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              "休",
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              "負",
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              "休",
              "やす"
            ],
            [
              "走",
              "はし"
            ],
            [
              "勝利",
              "しょうり"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "休んで負けてしまったウサギと休まず走って勝利したカメ。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a tortoise or turtle (land or marine reptile with a shell)"
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          "turtle"
        ],
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          "land",
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        ],
        [
          "marine",
          "marine#English"
        ],
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          "reptile",
          "reptile#English"
        ],
        [
          "shell",
          "shell#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a drunkard"
      ],
      "id": "en-亀-ja-noun-RnbLqhmU",
      "links": [
        [
          "turtle",
          "turtle"
        ],
        [
          "good",
          "good"
        ],
        [
          "drinker",
          "drinker"
        ],
        [
          "drunkard",
          "drunkard"
        ]
      ],
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        "(by extension, figurative, as turtles are thought to be good drinkers) a drunkard"
      ],
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        "as turtles are thought to be good drinkers"
      ],
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        "broadly",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with various designs of tortoises"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "家紋",
          "家紋#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "family",
          "family"
        ],
        [
          "crest",
          "crest"
        ],
        [
          "design",
          "design"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
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      ],
      "id": "en-亀-ja-noun-le--3QQ3",
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        [
          "sluggishness",
          "sluggishness"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ]
      ],
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        "(figurative) sluggishness; also, such a person"
      ],
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        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "word": "陰茎"
        }
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      "other": "かめ"
    },
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      "ipa": "[ka̠me̞]"
    }
  ],
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  ],
  "word": "亀"
}

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      "roman": "okame",
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      "glosses": [
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      "glosses": [
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        [
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          "shrugger"
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      "glosses": [
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      "other": "かめ"
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