"助字" meaning in Japanese

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    {
      "form": "助字",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "助",
          "じょ"
        ],
        [
          "字",
          "じ"
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        "an auxiliary character, an expletive character"
      ],
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        "(kanbun, Chinese characters) an auxiliary character, an expletive character"
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          "parents": [],
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          "_dis": "20 80",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "21 79",
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          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
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        {
          "_dis": "2 98",
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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        {
          "_dis": "2 98",
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          "name": "Pages with entries",
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        "an auxiliary, a function word"
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        "(grammar) an auxiliary, a function word"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
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    {
      "other": "じょじ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʑo̞ʑi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "助字"
}

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    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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    {
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        [
          "助",
          "じょ"
        ],
        [
          "字",
          "じ"
        ]
      ],
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      "form": "joji",
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      ],
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        "(kanbun, Chinese characters) an auxiliary character, an expletive character"
      ],
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        "an auxiliary, a function word"
      ],
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        ]
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        "(grammar) an auxiliary, a function word"
      ],
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        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "other": "じょじ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʑo̞ʑi]"
    }
  ],
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}

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