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"ref": "1997 August 12, Maekawa, Takeshi, “未知なる大地への巻”, in 新鉄拳チンミ (新鉄拳チンミ), volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, page 32",
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[
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[
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[
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[
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[
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[
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[
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[
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[
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"english": "I am not what I used to be.",
"ref": "2003 September 22, Akinobu Uraku, “第61話 愛しきものの為に”, in 東京アンダーグラウンド, volume 11 (fiction), Square Enix, page 48",
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[
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[
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[
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[
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"english": "You are welcome as my apprentice, Sleigh Beggey... I mean, Chise.",
"ref": "Kore Yamazaki, “第1篇 April showers bring May flowers. [第1篇 April showers bring May flowers., Composition 1: April showers bring May flowers.]”, in 魔法使いの嫁 (魔法使いの嫁), volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Mag Garden, page 20",
"roman": "Kimi o boku no deshi to shite kangei suru yo Surei Bega… iya Chise",
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[
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[
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"Japanese kanji with kun reading やつがれ",
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"roman": "kaboku",
"ruby": [
[
"家",
"か"
],
[
"僕",
"ぼく"
]
],
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{
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[
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],
"word": "学僕"
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{
"roman": "geboku",
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[
"下",
"げ"
],
[
"僕",
"ぼく"
]
],
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{
"roman": "kōboku",
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[
"公僕",
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]
],
"word": "公僕"
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{
"roman": "kōboku",
"ruby": [
[
"校僕",
"こうぼく"
]
],
"word": "校僕"
},
{
"roman": "jūboku",
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[
"従",
"じゅう"
],
[
"僕",
"ぼく"
]
],
"word": "従僕"
},
{
"roman": "chūjitsu na shimobe",
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[
"忠",
"ちゅう"
],
[
"実",
"じつ"
],
[
"僕",
"しもべ"
]
],
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},
{
"roman": "chūboku",
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[
"忠",
"ちゅう"
],
[
"僕",
"ぼく"
]
],
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},
{
"roman": "rōboku",
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[
"老僕",
"ろうぼく"
]
],
"word": "老僕"
},
{
"roman": "bokutachi",
"ruby": [
[
"僕",
"ぼく"
]
],
"word": "僕たち"
},
{
"roman": "bokura",
"ruby": [
[
"僕",
"ぼく"
]
],
"word": "僕ら"
},
{
"roman": "bokuntoko",
"ruby": [
[
"僕",
"ぼく"
],
[
"所",
"とこ"
]
],
"word": "僕ん所"
},
{
"roman": "bokutachi",
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[
"僕達",
"ぼくたち"
]
],
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},
{
"roman": "bokunakama",
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[
"僕仲",
"ぼくなか"
],
[
"間",
"ま"
]
],
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},
{
"roman": "bokuhi",
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[
"僕",
"ぼく"
],
[
"婢",
"ひ"
]
],
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},
{
"roman": "Bokuzō",
"ruby": [
[
"僕蔵",
"ぼくぞう"
]
],
"word": "僕蔵"
}
],
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{
"form": "“Jōyō” kanji",
"tags": [
"common"
]
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "character",
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{
"glosses": [
"I (masculine speech)"
],
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[
"I",
"I"
],
[
"masculine",
"masculine"
],
[
"speech",
"speech"
]
],
"tags": [
"kanji"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"manservant"
],
"links": [
[
"manservant",
"manservant"
]
],
"tags": [
"kanji"
]
}
],
"word": "僕"
}
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"Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"Japanese lemmas",
"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
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"Japanese pronouns",
"Japanese single-kanji terms",
"Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
"Japanese terms spelled with 僕",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Japanese terms with multiple readings",
"Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Japanese terms written with one Han script character"
],
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{
"form": "僕",
"ruby": [
[
"僕",
"ぼく"
]
],
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"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "boku",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
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},
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}
],
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{
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"manservant, servant"
],
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[
"manservant",
"manservant"
],
[
"servant",
"servant"
]
],
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{
"word": "下僕"
},
{
"word": "下男"
},
{
"english": "see below",
"word": "僕"
}
]
}
],
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{
"other": "ぼく"
},
{
"other": "ぼく"
},
{
"ipa": "[bo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Meiji period",
"ja:大辞林",
"ja:松村明"
],
"word": "僕"
}
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"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
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"Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
"Japanese terms spelled with 僕",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Japanese terms with multiple readings",
"Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Japanese terms written with one Han script character"
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"forms": [
{
"form": "僕",
"ruby": [
[
"僕",
"ぼく"
]
],
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "僕",
"ruby": [
[
"僕",
"ボク"
]
],
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"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "boku",
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"romanization"
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"2": "ぼく",
"3": "ボク"
},
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"name": "ja-pos"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "pron",
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{
"word": "うち 49%"
},
{
"word": "First name 26%"
},
{
"word": "あたし 15%"
},
{
"word": "First name 33%"
},
{
"word": "あたし 29%"
},
{
"word": "うち 23%"
},
{
"word": "わたし 86%"
},
{
"word": "あたし 7%"
},
{
"word": "うち 6%"
},
{
"word": "わたし 75%"
},
{
"word": "あたし"
},
{
"word": "first name"
},
{
"word": "うち 8% each"
},
{
"word": "わたし 66%"
},
{
"word": "First name 13%"
},
{
"word": "あたし 9%"
},
{
"word": "おれ 72%"
},
{
"word": "ぼく 19%"
},
{
"word": "First name 4%"
},
{
"word": "おれ 62%"
},
{
"word": "ぼく 23%"
},
{
"word": "ぼく 85%"
},
{
"word": "おれ 13%"
},
{
"word": "First name"
},
{
"word": "nickname 1% each"
},
{
"word": "ぼく 64%"
},
{
"word": "おれ 26%"
},
{
"word": "ぼく 67%"
},
{
"word": "おれ 27%"
},
{
"word": "First name 3%"
},
{
"word": "うち 39%"
},
{
"word": "あたし 30%"
},
{
"word": "わたし 22%"
},
{
"word": "あたし 28%"
},
{
"word": "First name 27%"
},
{
"word": "うち 18%"
},
{
"word": "わたし 89%"
},
{
"word": "自分 3%"
},
{
"word": "わたし 81%"
},
{
"word": "あたし 10%"
},
{
"word": "自分 6%"
},
{
"word": "わたし 77%"
},
{
"word": "あたし 17%"
},
{
"word": "自分 7%"
},
{
"word": "おれ 87%"
},
{
"word": "うち 4%"
},
{
"word": "わたし"
},
{
"word": "自分 2% each"
},
{
"word": "おれ 88%"
},
{
"word": "ぼく"
},
{
"word": "自分 5% each"
},
{
"word": "わたし 48%"
},
{
"word": "自分 28%"
},
{
"word": "ぼく 22%"
},
{
"word": "ぼく 36%"
},
{
"word": "自分 29%"
},
{
"word": "自分 38%"
},
{
"word": "ぼく 29%"
}
],
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{
"categories": [
"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"Japanese men's speech terms",
"Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"Japanese terms with quotations",
"Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
"Japanese terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1997 August 12, Maekawa, Takeshi, “未知なる大地への巻”, in 新鉄拳チンミ (新鉄拳チンミ), volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, page 32",
"roman": "Me? I was sent by the Dairin Temple on Mount Nankō...",
"ruby": [
[
"未",
"み"
],
[
"知",
"ち"
],
[
"大",
"だい"
],
[
"地",
"ち"
],
[
"巻",
"まき"
],
[
"新",
"しん"
],
[
"鉄",
"てっ"
],
[
"拳",
"けん"
],
[
"新",
"しん"
],
[
"鉄",
"てっ"
],
[
"拳",
"けん"
],
[
"南",
"なん"
],
[
"高",
"こう"
],
[
"山",
"ざん"
],
[
"大",
"だい"
],
[
"林",
"りん"
],
[
"寺",
"じ"
],
[
"用",
"よう"
]
],
"text": "ぼく？ぼくは南高山大林寺からちょっとした用で…\nBoku? Boku wa Nankō-zan Dairin-ji kara chotto shita yō de…"
},
{
"english": "I am not what I used to be.",
"ref": "2003 September 22, Akinobu Uraku, “第61話 愛しきものの為に”, in 東京アンダーグラウンド, volume 11 (fiction), Square Enix, page 48",
"roman": "Mukashi no boku to wa chigau",
"ruby": [
[
"第",
"だい"
],
[
"話",
"わ"
],
[
"愛",
"いと"
],
[
"為",
"ため"
],
[
"東",
"とう"
],
[
"京",
"きょう"
],
[
"昔",
"むかし"
],
[
"僕",
"ぼく"
],
[
"違",
"ちが"
]
],
"text": "昔の僕とは違う"
},
{
"english": "You are welcome as my apprentice, Sleigh Beggey... I mean, Chise.",
"ref": "Kore Yamazaki, “第1篇 April showers bring May flowers. [第1篇 April showers bring May flowers., Composition 1: April showers bring May flowers.]”, in 魔法使いの嫁 (魔法使いの嫁), volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Mag Garden, page 20",
"roman": "Kimi o boku no deshi to shite kangei suru yo Surei Bega… iya Chise",
"ruby": [
[
"魔法使いの嫁",
"The Ancient Magus Bride"
],
[
"魔法使いの嫁",
"The Ancient Magus Bride"
],
[
"君",
"きみ"
],
[
"魔法使い",
"ぼく"
],
[
"弟",
"で"
],
[
"子",
"し"
],
[
"歓",
"かん"
],
[
"迎",
"げい"
],
[
"死の愛し仔",
"スレイ・ベガ"
]
],
"text": "君を魔法使いの弟子として歓迎するよ 死の愛し仔…いや チセ"
}
],
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"I; me (personal pronoun; usually used by males; implies that the speaker is a young boy or otherwise boyish)"
],
"links": [
[
"I",
"I"
],
[
"me",
"me"
]
],
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]
},
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"Japanese terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Hi boy, are you lost?",
"roman": "Boku, maigo kana?",
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[
"僕",
"ぼく"
],
[
"迷",
"まい"
],
[
"子",
"ご"
]
],
"text": "僕、迷子かな？"
},
{
"english": "How old are you?",
"roman": "Boku wa ikutsu kana?",
"ruby": [
[
"僕",
"ぼく"
]
],
"text": "僕はいくつかな？"
}
],
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],
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[
"you",
"you"
],
[
"he",
"he"
],
[
"she",
"she"
]
]
}
],
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},
{
"other": "ぼく"
},
{
"ipa": "[bo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]"
}
],
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"Meiji period",
"ja:大辞林",
"ja:松村明"
],
"word": "僕"
}
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"Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"Japanese lemmas",
"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"Japanese nouns",
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"Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
"Japanese terms spelled with 僕",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Japanese terms with multiple readings",
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"2": "下",
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"tr2": "be"
},
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"僕",
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"ちゅうじつ"
],
[
"僕",
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]
],
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"manservant"
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],
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},
{
"word": "下男"
},
{
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}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
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],
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[
"man",
"man"
],
[
"social status",
"social status"
]
]
},
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"glosses": [
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],
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[
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]
]
}
],
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{
"other": "しもべ"
},
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"word": "下部"
}
],
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"ja:松村明"
],
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}
{
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