"口頭" meaning in Japanese

See 口頭 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ko̞ːto̞ː] Forms: 口頭 [canonical] (ruby: (こう), (とう)), kōtō [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|こうとう}} 口(こう)頭(とう) • (kōtō)
  1. oral
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "口頭",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "口",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "頭",
          "とう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kōtō",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "こうとう"
      },
      "expansion": "口(こう)頭(とう) • (kōtō)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It's something that can't be expressed in a letter, so I came to thank you in person.",
          "ref": "1948, 豊島与志雄, ヘヤーピン一本",
          "roman": "Tegami ga kakenai mono dakara, kōtō de rei o ii ni kita n da.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "手紙",
              "てがみ"
            ],
            [
              "書",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "口頭",
              "こうとう"
            ],
            [
              "礼",
              "れい"
            ],
            [
              "言",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "来",
              "き"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "手紙が書けないものだから、口頭で礼を言いに来たんだ。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "oral"
      ],
      "id": "en-口頭-ja-noun-gfy7osWE",
      "links": [
        [
          "oral",
          "oral"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ko̞ːto̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "口頭"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "口頭",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "口",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "頭",
          "とう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kōtō",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "こうとう"
      },
      "expansion": "口(こう)頭(とう) • (kōtō)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese nouns",
        "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It's something that can't be expressed in a letter, so I came to thank you in person.",
          "ref": "1948, 豊島与志雄, ヘヤーピン一本",
          "roman": "Tegami ga kakenai mono dakara, kōtō de rei o ii ni kita n da.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "手紙",
              "てがみ"
            ],
            [
              "書",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "口頭",
              "こうとう"
            ],
            [
              "礼",
              "れい"
            ],
            [
              "言",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "来",
              "き"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "手紙が書けないものだから、口頭で礼を言いに来たんだ。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "oral"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "oral",
          "oral"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ko̞ːto̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "口頭"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 口頭 meaning in Japanese (1.4kB)

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  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "口頭",
  "trace": ""
}

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