See 偉い in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"antonyms": [
{
"roman": "iyashii",
"sense": "antonym(s) of “honorable”",
"word": "卑しい"
},
{
"roman": "kitanai",
"sense": "antonym(s) of “honorable”",
"word": "汚い"
},
{
"english": "despicable",
"roman": "samoshii",
"sense": "antonym(s) of “honorable”",
"word": "さもしい"
},
{
"roman": "iyashii",
"sense": "antonym(s) of “superior”",
"word": "賎しい"
},
{
"roman": "shiganai",
"sense": "antonym(s) of “superior”",
"tags": [
"inferior"
],
"word": "しがない"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "偉い",
"ruby": [
[
"偉",
"えら"
]
],
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "erai",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "偉く",
"roman": "eraku",
"ruby": [
[
"偉",
"えら"
]
],
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ja-i",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "偉かろ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "えらかろ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "erakaro",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
]
},
{
"form": "偉く",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "えらく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "eraku",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative"
]
},
{
"form": "偉い",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "えらい",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "erai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "偉い",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "えらい",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "erai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive"
]
},
{
"form": "偉けれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "えらけれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "erakere",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "偉かれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "えらかれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "erakare",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "偉くない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "えらくない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "eraku nai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "偉かった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "えらかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "erakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "偉くなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "えらくなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "eraku nakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "偉いです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "えらいです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "erai desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "偉くないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "えらくないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "eraku nai desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "偉かったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "えらかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "erakatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "偉くなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "えらくなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "eraku nakatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "偉くて",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "えらくて",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "erakute",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "偉ければ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "えらければ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "erakereba",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "偉かったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "えらかったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "erakattara",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "偉かろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "えらかろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "erakarō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "偉く",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "えらく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "eraku",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "偉さ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "えらさ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "erasa",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "えらい",
"infl": "い"
},
"expansion": "偉(えら)い • (erai) -i (adverbial 偉(えら)く (eraku))",
"name": "ja-adj"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"adverbial": "く",
"attributive": "い",
"conditional": "ければ",
"conjunctive": "くて",
"continuative": "く",
"degree": "さ",
"formal": "い です",
"formal_negative": "く ない です",
"formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
"formal_past": "かった です",
"hypothetical": "けれ",
"imperative": "かれ",
"imperfective": "かろ",
"informal_negative": "く ない",
"informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
"informal_past": "かった",
"kana": "えら",
"lemma": "偉",
"provisional": "かったら",
"terminal": "い",
"volitional": "かろう"
},
"name": "ja-adj-infl"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "36 38 5 4 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "33 21 7 7 31",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "32 33 14 4 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "35 36 6 5 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "32 33 14 4 16",
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
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],
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3,
12
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],
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4
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"english": "an honorable deed",
"roman": "erai kōi",
"ruby": [
[
"偉",
"えら"
],
[
"行",
"こう"
],
[
"為",
"い"
]
],
"text": "偉い行為",
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},
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],
"roman": "Erai, erai!",
"text": "えらい、えらい！",
"type": "example"
},
{
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4
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],
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],
"english": "Wow!",
"roman": "Erai ne!",
"ruby": [
[
"偉",
"えら"
]
],
"text": "偉いね！",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"noble, honorable, admirable, great"
],
"id": "en-偉い-ja-adj-bUqw-pDS",
"links": [
[
"noble",
"noble"
],
[
"honorable",
"honorable"
],
[
"admirable",
"admirable"
],
[
"great",
"great"
]
],
"qualifier": "morally",
"raw_glosses": [
"(morally) noble, honorable, admirable, great"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "69 28 1 1 1",
"roman": "subarashii",
"sense": "honorable",
"word": "素晴らしい"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 28 1 1 1",
"roman": "kiyoi",
"sense": "honorable",
"word": "清い"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 28 1 1 1",
"roman": "rippa",
"sense": "honorable",
"word": "立派"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "36 38 5 4 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "33 21 7 7 31",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "32 33 14 4 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "35 36 6 5 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "32 33 14 4 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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],
"english": "noble fellows / superior fellows",
"roman": "erai renchū",
"ruby": [
[
"偉",
"えら"
],
[
"連",
"れん"
],
[
"中",
"ちゅう"
]
],
"text": "偉い連中",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"noble, superior"
],
"id": "en-偉い-ja-adj-C4H46qhM",
"links": [
[
"noble",
"noble"
],
[
"superior",
"superior"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(of status) noble, superior"
],
"raw_tags": [
"of status"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "32 33 14 4 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "32 33 14 4 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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],
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],
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],
"english": "I met a terrible occurrence.",
"roman": "Erai me ni atta.",
"ruby": [
[
"目",
"め"
],
[
"遭",
"あ"
]
],
"text": "えらい目に遭った。",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"serious, terrible"
],
"id": "en-偉い-ja-adj-XXoKcGkM",
"links": [
[
"serious",
"serious"
],
[
"terrible",
"terrible"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal) serious, terrible"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "1 1 90 9 1",
"roman": "hidoi",
"ruby": [
[
"酷",
"ひど"
]
],
"sense": "terrible",
"word": "酷い"
}
],
"tags": [
"informal"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
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],
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],
"english": "It's terribly cold today.",
"roman": "Kyō wa eraku samui na.",
"ruby": [
[
"今日",
"きょう"
],
[
"寒",
"さむ"
]
],
"text": "今日はえらく寒いな。",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"terribly, very"
],
"id": "en-偉い-ja-adj-yAKj0CkL",
"links": [
[
"terribly",
"terribly"
],
[
"very",
"very"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal) terribly, very"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 15 85 0",
"roman": "totemo",
"sense": "terribly",
"word": "とても"
}
],
"tags": [
"informal"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chūgoku Japanese",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Kansai Japanese",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Shikoku Japanese",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "36 38 5 4 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "33 21 7 7 31",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "32 33 14 4 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "35 36 6 5 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 17 24 8 29",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "32 33 14 4 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 20 5 0 59",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "8 10 2 0 80",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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],
"english": "When he gets a little tired with work, buy bread or something for him in his spare moments",
"ref": "1939, Miyamoto Yuriko, Sono toshi (その年):",
"roman": "Chīto shigoto ga erakatta toki ni wa aida ni pan nari katte yare",
"ruby": [
[
"仕",
"し"
],
[
"事",
"ごと"
],
[
"時",
"とき"
],
[
"間",
"あいだ"
],
[
"買",
"か"
]
],
"text": "ちいと仕事がえらかった時には間にパンなり買ってやれ",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"tired, hard"
],
"id": "en-偉い-ja-adj-fx8Ln~Xe",
"links": [
[
"tired",
"tired"
],
[
"hard",
"hard"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(dialectal, Chūbu, Kansai, Chūgoku, Shikoku) tired, hard"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 1 97",
"roman": "kitsui",
"sense": "tired",
"word": "きつい"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 1 97",
"roman": "shindoi",
"sense": "tired",
"word": "しんどい"
}
],
"tags": [
"Chūgoku",
"Kansai",
"Shikoku",
"dialectal"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "えらい"
},
{
"ipa": "[e̞ɾa̠i]"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "tattoi",
"ruby": [
[
"貴",
"たっと"
]
],
"tags": [
"superior"
],
"word": "貴い"
}
],
"word": "偉い"
}
{
"antonyms": [
{
"roman": "iyashii",
"sense": "antonym(s) of “honorable”",
"word": "卑しい"
},
{
"roman": "kitanai",
"sense": "antonym(s) of “honorable”",
"word": "汚い"
},
{
"english": "despicable",
"roman": "samoshii",
"sense": "antonym(s) of “honorable”",
"word": "さもしい"
},
{
"roman": "iyashii",
"sense": "antonym(s) of “superior”",
"word": "賎しい"
},
{
"roman": "shiganai",
"sense": "antonym(s) of “superior”",
"tags": [
"inferior"
],
"word": "しがない"
}
],
"categories": [
"Japanese adjectives",
"Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"Japanese lemmas",
"Japanese links with manual fragments",
"Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
"Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Japanese い-i adjectives",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "偉い",
"ruby": [
[
"偉",
"えら"
]
],
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "erai",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "偉く",
"roman": "eraku",
"ruby": [
[
"偉",
"えら"
]
],
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ja-i",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "偉かろ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "えらかろ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "erakaro",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
]
},
{
"form": "偉く",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "えらく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "eraku",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative"
]
},
{
"form": "偉い",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "えらい",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "erai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "偉い",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "えらい",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "erai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive"
]
},
{
"form": "偉けれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "えらけれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "erakere",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "偉かれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "えらかれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "erakare",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "偉くない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "えらくない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "eraku nai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "偉かった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "えらかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "erakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "偉くなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "えらくなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "eraku nakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "偉いです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "えらいです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "erai desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "偉くないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "えらくないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "eraku nai desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "偉かったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "えらかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "erakatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "偉くなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "えらくなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "eraku nakatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "偉くて",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "えらくて",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "erakute",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "偉ければ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "えらければ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "erakereba",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "偉かったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "えらかったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "erakattara",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "偉かろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "えらかろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "erakarō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "偉く",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "えらく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "eraku",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "偉さ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "えらさ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "erasa",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "えらい",
"infl": "い"
},
"expansion": "偉(えら)い • (erai) -i (adverbial 偉(えら)く (eraku))",
"name": "ja-adj"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"adverbial": "く",
"attributive": "い",
"conditional": "ければ",
"conjunctive": "くて",
"continuative": "く",
"degree": "さ",
"formal": "い です",
"formal_negative": "く ない です",
"formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
"formal_past": "かった です",
"hypothetical": "けれ",
"imperative": "かれ",
"imperfective": "かろ",
"informal_negative": "く ない",
"informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
"informal_past": "かった",
"kana": "えら",
"lemma": "偉",
"provisional": "かったら",
"terminal": "い",
"volitional": "かろう"
},
"name": "ja-adj-infl"
}
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"categories": [
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2
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"english": "an honorable deed",
"roman": "erai kōi",
"ruby": [
[
"偉",
"えら"
],
[
"行",
"こう"
],
[
"為",
"い"
]
],
"text": "偉い行為",
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"roman": "Erai, erai!",
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"type": "example"
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"english": "Wow!",
"roman": "Erai ne!",
"ruby": [
[
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"えら"
]
],
"text": "偉いね！",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"noble, honorable, admirable, great"
],
"links": [
[
"noble",
"noble"
],
[
"honorable",
"honorable"
],
[
"admirable",
"admirable"
],
[
"great",
"great"
]
],
"qualifier": "morally",
"raw_glosses": [
"(morally) noble, honorable, admirable, great"
]
},
{
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"Japanese terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
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2
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],
"english": "noble fellows / superior fellows",
"roman": "erai renchū",
"ruby": [
[
"偉",
"えら"
],
[
"連",
"れん"
],
[
"中",
"ちゅう"
]
],
"text": "偉い連中",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"noble, superior"
],
"links": [
[
"noble",
"noble"
],
[
"superior",
"superior"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(of status) noble, superior"
],
"raw_tags": [
"of status"
]
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{
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"Japanese terms with usage examples"
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"bold_text_offsets": [
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],
"english": "I met a terrible occurrence.",
"roman": "Erai me ni atta.",
"ruby": [
[
"目",
"め"
],
[
"遭",
"あ"
]
],
"text": "えらい目に遭った。",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"serious, terrible"
],
"links": [
[
"serious",
"serious"
],
[
"terrible",
"terrible"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal) serious, terrible"
],
"tags": [
"informal"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Japanese informal terms",
"Japanese terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
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3,
6
]
],
"english": "It's terribly cold today.",
"roman": "Kyō wa eraku samui na.",
"ruby": [
[
"今日",
"きょう"
],
[
"寒",
"さむ"
]
],
"text": "今日はえらく寒いな。",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"terribly, very"
],
"links": [
[
"terribly",
"terribly"
],
[
"very",
"very"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal) terribly, very"
],
"tags": [
"informal"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Chūgoku Japanese",
"Japanese dialectal terms",
"Japanese terms with usage examples",
"Kansai Japanese",
"Shikoku Japanese"
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{
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"english": "When he gets a little tired with work, buy bread or something for him in his spare moments",
"ref": "1939, Miyamoto Yuriko, Sono toshi (その年):",
"roman": "Chīto shigoto ga erakatta toki ni wa aida ni pan nari katte yare",
"ruby": [
[
"仕",
"し"
],
[
"事",
"ごと"
],
[
"時",
"とき"
],
[
"間",
"あいだ"
],
[
"買",
"か"
]
],
"text": "ちいと仕事がえらかった時には間にパンなり買ってやれ",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"tired, hard"
],
"links": [
[
"tired",
"tired"
],
[
"hard",
"hard"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(dialectal, Chūbu, Kansai, Chūgoku, Shikoku) tired, hard"
],
"tags": [
"Chūgoku",
"Kansai",
"Shikoku",
"dialectal"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "えらい"
},
{
"ipa": "[e̞ɾa̠i]"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "subarashii",
"sense": "honorable",
"word": "素晴らしい"
},
{
"roman": "kiyoi",
"sense": "honorable",
"word": "清い"
},
{
"roman": "rippa",
"sense": "honorable",
"word": "立派"
},
{
"roman": "tattoi",
"ruby": [
[
"貴",
"たっと"
]
],
"tags": [
"superior"
],
"word": "貴い"
},
{
"roman": "hidoi",
"ruby": [
[
"酷",
"ひど"
]
],
"sense": "terrible",
"word": "酷い"
},
{
"roman": "totemo",
"sense": "terribly",
"word": "とても"
},
{
"roman": "kitsui",
"sense": "tired",
"word": "きつい"
},
{
"roman": "shindoi",
"sense": "tired",
"word": "しんどい"
}
],
"word": "偉い"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 偉い meaning in Japanese (10.6kB)
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