"前掛け" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ma̠e̞ka̠ke̞] Forms: 前掛け [canonical] (ruby: 前(まえ), 掛(か)), maekake [romanization], mafekake [romanization], まへかけ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Compound of 前(まえ) (mae, “front”) + 掛(か)け (kake, “suspended from”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 掛(か)ける (kakeru, “to suspend; to wear”)). Attested from at least the 17th century. Etymology templates: {{ja-r|連%用%形|れん%よう%けい|stem or continuative form|rom=ren'yōkei}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”), {{ja-r|掛ける|かける|to suspend; to wear|pos=}} 掛(か)ける (kakeru, “to suspend; to wear”), {{ja-etym-renyokei|掛ける|かける|to suspend; to wear|nodot=1}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 掛(か)ける (kakeru, “to suspend; to wear”), {{ja-com|前|まえ|掛け|かけ|pos2=連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (<span class="mention-tr tr">ren'yōkei</span>, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 掛(か)ける (<span class="mention-tr tr">kakeru</span>, “to suspend; to wear”)|t1=front|t2=suspended from}} 前(まえ) (mae, “front”) + 掛(か)け (kake, “suspended from”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 掛(か)ける (kakeru, “to suspend; to wear”)) Head templates: {{ja-noun|まえかけ|hhira=まへかけ}} 前(まえ)掛(か)け • (maekake) ^(←まへかけ (mafekake)?)
  1. apron (an article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs, often for protection from spills) Synonyms: エプロン, 前垂れ
    Sense id: en-前掛け-ja-noun-UJjo06R1 Categories (other): 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 redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 36 33 31 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 38 30 32 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 36 28 36 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 38 32 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 39 27 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 25 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 60 20 20
  2. bib (clothing tied around a baby's neck to protect their clothes from getting dirty when eating) Synonyms: よだれかけ
    Sense id: en-前掛け-ja-noun-ZFs92l3H Categories (other): 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 redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 36 33 31 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 38 30 32 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 36 28 36 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 38 32 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 39 27 34
  3. (historical) long strips of fabric attached to the front of a mo, a type of skirt formerly worn by women or girls Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-前掛け-ja-noun-XVmj6NUK Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, 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 redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 36 33 31 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 38 30 32 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 36 28 36 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 38 32 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 39 27 34
     
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Download raw JSONL data for 前掛け meaning in Japanese (4.0kB)

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