"古墳" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ko̞ɸɯ̟̃ɴ] Forms: 古墳 [canonical] (ruby: (), (ふん)), kofun [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|こふん}} 古(こ)墳(ふん) • (kofun)
  1. a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave; a tumulus
    Sense id: en-古墳-ja-noun-nc5KesUy Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 47 53
  2. an old tomb
    Sense id: en-古墳-ja-noun-1-XEpUOI Categories (other): 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 links with redundant alt parameters: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 42 58 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 古墳時代 (kofun jidai) (ruby: 古墳時代(こふんじだい))
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    },
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      "ipa": "[ko̞ɸɯ̟̃ɴ]"
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    "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
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    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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Download raw JSONL data for 古墳 meaning in Japanese (1.3kB)

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