"信号" meaning in Japanese

See 信号 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɕĩŋɡo̞ː] Forms: 信号 [canonical] (ruby: (しん), (ごう)), shingō [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|しんごう}} 信(しん)号(ごう) • (shingō)
  1. a signal
    Sense id: en-信号-ja-noun-6OWBvAjm
  2. traffic lights
    Sense id: en-信号-ja-noun-CfGNQSv7 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 0 2 98 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 1 99 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 4 96 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 3 97 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 15 85 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 3 97 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 信号機 (shingōki) (ruby: (しん), (ごう), ()) (english: traffic light), 青信号 (aoshingō) (ruby: (あお), (しん), (ごう)) (english: green light (of traffic lights)), 赤信号 (akashingō) (ruby: (あか), (しん), (ごう)) (english: red light (of traffic lights)), 黄信号 (kishingō) (ruby: (), (しん), (ごう)) (english: yellow light (of traffic lights)), 信号波 (shingōha) (ruby: (しん), (ごう), ()) (english: signal wave), 信号処理 (shingō shori) (ruby: (しん), (ごう), (しょ), ()) (english: signal process), 電気信号 (denki shingō) (ruby: (でん), (), (しん), (ごう)) (english: elecrical signal), 交通信号 (kōtsū shingō) (ruby: (こう), (つう), (しん), (ごう)) (english: traffic light) Related terms: ゴーストップ (gōsutoppu)
Categories (other): Communication, Technology Disambiguation of Communication: 0 0 Disambiguation of Technology: 0 0

Inflected forms

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          "気",
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          "信",
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          "号",
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          "交",
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          "通",
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        ],
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          "信",
          "しん"
        ],
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          "号",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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          "号",
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          "信",
          "しん"
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          "ごう"
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          "信",
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          "号",
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          "信",
          "しん"
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          "号",
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          "理",
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      "roman": "denki shingō",
      "ruby": [
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        ],
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          "気",
          "き"
        ],
        [
          "信",
          "しん"
        ],
        [
          "号",
          "ごう"
        ]
      ],
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      "roman": "kōtsū shingō",
      "ruby": [
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          "つう"
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          "信",
          "しん"
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        [
          "号",
          "ごう"
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Download raw JSONL data for 信号 meaning in Japanese (2.4kB)

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