"吸う" meaning in Japanese

See 吸う in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [sɨɯ̟]
Etymology: From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *supu. Cognate with Okinawan 吸ぷゆん (shipuyun). Likely an onomatopoeia. Compare Middle Korean ᄲᆞᆯ〮다〮 (spóltá, “to suck”), Middle Chinese 吸 (MC xip, “to suck”), Proto-Austronesian *-sep (“to suck”), Proto-Indo-European *sewg- (“to suck”), etc. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=すう}} Old Japanese, {{inh|ja|jpx-pro|*supu|sort=すう}} Proto-Japonic *supu, {{cog|ryu|吸ぷゆん|tr=shipuyun}} Okinawan 吸ぷゆん (shipuyun), {{cog|okm|ᄲᆞᆯ〮다〮|sort=すう|t=to suck}} Middle Korean ᄲᆞᆯ〮다〮 (spóltá, “to suck”), {{cog|ltc|-|sort=すう}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|吸|to suck}} 吸 (MC xip, “to suck”), {{cog|map-pro|*-sep|sort=すう|t=to suck}} Proto-Austronesian *-sep (“to suck”), {{cog|ine-pro|*sewg-|sort=すう|t=to suck}} Proto-Indo-European *sewg- (“to suck”) Head templates: {{ja-verb|すう|hhira=すふ|tr=trans|type=1}} 吸(す)う • (suu) ^(←すふ (sufu)?)transitive godan (stem 吸(す)い (sui), past 吸(す)った (sutta)) Inflection templates: {{ja-conj-bungo|す|4-p}} Forms: 吸う [canonical] (ruby: ()), suu [romanization], sufu [romanization], 吸い [stem] (ruby: ()), 吸った [past] (ruby: ()), no-table-tags [table-tags], 吸わ [error-unrecognized-form], すわ [error-unrecognized-form], suwa [error-unrecognized-form], 吸い [error-unrecognized-form], すい [error-unrecognized-form], sui [error-unrecognized-form], 吸う [error-unrecognized-form], すう [error-unrecognized-form], suu [error-unrecognized-form], 吸え [error-unrecognized-form], すえ [error-unrecognized-form], sue [error-unrecognized-form], 吸われる [passive], すわれる [passive], suwareru [passive], 吸わせる [causative], 吸わす [causative], すわせる [causative], すわす [causative], suwaseru [causative], suwasu [causative], 吸える [potential], すえる [potential], sueru [potential], 吸おう [volitional], すおう [volitional], suō [volitional], 吸わない [negative], すわない [negative], suwanai [negative], 吸わず [continuative, negative], すわず [continuative, negative], suwazu [continuative, negative], 吸います [formal], すいます [formal], suimasu [formal], 吸った [perfective], すった [perfective], sutta [perfective], 吸って [conjunctive], すって [conjunctive], sutte [conjunctive], 吸えば [conditional, hypothetical], すえば [conditional, hypothetical], sueba [conditional, hypothetical], no-table-tags [table-tags], 吸は [irrealis, stem], すは [irrealis, stem], sufa [irrealis], 吸ひ [continuative, stem], すひ [continuative, stem], sufi [continuative], 吸ふ [stem, terminative], すふ [stem, terminative], sufu [terminative], 吸ふ [attributive, stem], すふ [attributive, stem], sufu [attributive], 吸へ [realis, stem], すへ [realis, stem], sufe [realis], 吸へ [imperative, stem], すへ [imperative, stem], sufe [imperative], 吸はず [negative], すはず [negative], sufazu [negative], 吸へど [contrastive], すへど [contrastive], sufedo [contrastive], 吸へば [causative], すへば [causative], sufeba [causative], 吸はば [conditional], すはば [conditional], sufaba [conditional], 吸ひき [past], すひき [past], sufiki [past], 吸ひけり [past], すひけり [past], sufikeri [past], 吸ひつ [perfect], すひつ [perfect], sufitu [perfect], 吸ひぬ [perfect], すひぬ [perfect], sufinu [perfect], 吸へり [continuative, perfect], 吸ひたり [continuative, perfect], すへり [continuative, perfect], すひたり [continuative, perfect], suferi [continuative, perfect], sufitari [continuative, perfect], 吸はむ [volitional], すはむ [volitional], sufamu [volitional]
  1. to inhale
    Sense id: en-吸う-ja-verb-ZPG~f2s0 Categories (other): Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 27 22 19 32
  2. to smoke (tobacco or other drugs)
    Sense id: en-吸う-ja-verb-4i5FOjVR Categories (other): Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 27 22 19 32
  3. to suck
    Sense id: en-吸う-ja-verb-2Bw5qSPa Categories (other): Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 27 22 19 32
  4. to absorb
    Sense id: en-吸う-ja-verb-fgb~wFem Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -u, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 20 18 15 47 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -u: 24 22 20 34 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 11 10 9 70 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 9 7 6 78 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 8 7 6 79 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 27 22 19 32 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 16 13 11 60 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 7 6 5 81 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 8 7 6 79 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 10 8 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 8 7 76
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      "form": "すう",
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      "form": "suu",
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    {
      "form": "吸え",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "すえ",
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      "form": "sue",
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    {
      "form": "吸われる",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
      "form": "すわれる",
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      "form": "suwareru",
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    {
      "form": "吸わせる",
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      "form": "吸わす",
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      "form": "すわせる",
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    {
      "form": "すわす",
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        "causative"
      ]
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      "form": "suwaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "causative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "suwasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
      "form": "吸える",
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      "form": "すえる",
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      "form": "sueru",
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      "form": "吸おう",
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      "form": "すおう",
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      "form": "suō",
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      "form": "吸わない",
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      "form": "すわない",
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      "form": "suwanai",
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      "form": "吸わず",
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        "negative"
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      "form": "すわず",
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    {
      "form": "suwazu",
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        "continuative",
        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "吸います",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "formal"
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    {
      "form": "すいます",
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        "formal"
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    },
    {
      "form": "suimasu",
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      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "吸った",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sutta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "吸って",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sutte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "吸えば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
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    {
      "form": "すえば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
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      "form": "sueba",
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      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
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    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "吸は",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すは",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
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    {
      "form": "sufa",
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    },
    {
      "form": "吸ひ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すひ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sufi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "吸ふ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すふ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sufu",
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      "tags": [
        "terminative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "吸ふ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
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    },
    {
      "form": "すふ",
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        "attributive",
        "stem"
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    },
    {
      "form": "sufu",
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      "tags": [
        "attributive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "吸へ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すへ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sufe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "吸へ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すへ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sufe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "吸はず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すはず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sufazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "吸へど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すへど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sufedo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "吸へば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すへば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sufeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "吸はば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すはば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sufaba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "吸ひき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すひき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sufiki",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "吸ひけり",
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      "tags": [
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "すひけり",
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        "past"
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    {
      "form": "sufikeri",
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        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "吸ひつ",
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        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すひつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sufitu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "吸ひぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すひぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sufinu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "吸へり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "吸ひたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すへり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "すひたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
      "form": "suferi",
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    },
    {
      "form": "sufitari",
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    },
    {
      "form": "吸はむ",
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        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すはむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sufamu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    }
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        "type": "1"
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      "name": "ja-verb"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "す",
        "2": "4-p"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "27 22 19 32",
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          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "to inhale"
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      "id": "en-吸う-ja-verb-ZPG~f2s0",
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          "inhale"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "27 22 19 32",
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          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "Is it okay to smoke?",
          "roman": "Tabako o sutte mo ii desu ka.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "吸",
              "す"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "タバコを吸ってもいいですか。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to smoke (tobacco or other drugs)"
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      "id": "en-吸う-ja-verb-4i5FOjVR",
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        [
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          "smoke"
        ]
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "27 22 19 32",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to suck"
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      "id": "en-吸う-ja-verb-2Bw5qSPa",
      "links": [
        [
          "suck",
          "suck"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "20 18 15 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 22 20 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -u",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 10 9 70",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 7 6 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 7 6 79",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
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          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 22 19 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 13 11 60",
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          "name": "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 6 5 81",
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          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 7 6 79",
          "kind": "other",
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            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 10 8 71",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 8 7 76",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to absorb"
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      "id": "en-吸う-ja-verb-fgb~wFem",
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        [
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "すう"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sɨɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten"
  ],
  "word": "吸う"
}
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    "Japanese godan verbs",
    "Japanese godan verbs ending with -u",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms derived from Proto-Japonic",
    "Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms inherited from Proto-Japonic",
    "Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese transitive verbs",
    "Japanese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "t": "to suck"
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      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "ltc",
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      "args": {
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      "form": "sufu",
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      "form": "吸った",
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          "す"
        ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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    },
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      "form": "ja-go-u",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "吸わ",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
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      "form": "すわ",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "suwa",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "吸い",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すい",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "sui",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すう",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "suu",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "吸え",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
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      "form": "すえ",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "sue",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "吸われる",
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    {
      "form": "すわれる",
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        "passive"
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    {
      "form": "suwareru",
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        "passive"
      ]
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      "form": "吸わせる",
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        "causative"
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      "form": "吸わす",
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      "tags": [
        "causative"
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      "form": "すわせる",
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        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すわす",
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      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
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      "form": "suwaseru",
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        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "suwasu",
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        "causative"
      ]
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      "form": "吸える",
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        "potential"
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      "form": "すえる",
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    },
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      "form": "sueru",
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      "form": "吸おう",
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      "form": "すおう",
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      "tags": [
        "volitional"
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      "form": "suō",
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      "form": "吸わない",
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        "negative"
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      "form": "すわない",
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      "form": "suwanai",
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        "negative"
      ]
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      "form": "吸わず",
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        "negative"
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    },
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      "form": "すわず",
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        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "suwazu",
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      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "吸います",
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        "formal"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "すいます",
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      "tags": [
        "formal"
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    {
      "form": "suimasu",
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      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "吸った",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すった",
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      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sutta",
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      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "吸って",
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      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すって",
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      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sutte",
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      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
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      "form": "吸えば",
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        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すえば",
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        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
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    },
    {
      "form": "sueba",
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        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "吸は",
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      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すは",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sufa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "吸ひ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すひ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sufi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "吸ふ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すふ",
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      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sufu",
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        "terminative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "吸ふ",
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        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すふ",
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      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sufu",
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        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "吸へ",
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      "tags": [
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        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すへ",
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      "tags": [
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        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sufe",
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      "tags": [
        "realis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "吸へ",
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      "tags": [
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        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すへ",
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      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sufe",
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      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "吸はず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すはず",
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      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sufazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "吸へど",
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      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すへど",
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        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sufedo",
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      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "吸へば",
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        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すへば",
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      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sufeba",
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      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "吸はば",
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        "conditional"
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    },
    {
      "form": "すはば",
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        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sufaba",
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        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "吸ひき",
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      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すひき",
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sufiki",
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "吸ひけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "すひけり",
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        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "sufikeri",
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        "past"
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    {
      "form": "吸ひつ",
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      "tags": [
        "perfect"
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    {
      "form": "すひつ",
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        "perfect"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "sufitu",
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        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "吸ひぬ",
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        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すひぬ",
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        "perfect"
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    },
    {
      "form": "sufinu",
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        "perfect"
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    },
    {
      "form": "吸へり",
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    {
      "form": "吸ひたり",
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    },
    {
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    {
      "form": "すひたり",
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        "perfect"
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    },
    {
      "form": "suferi",
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        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sufitari",
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        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "吸はむ",
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      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すはむ",
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        "volitional"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "sufamu",
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        "volitional"
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        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "吸(す)う • (suu) ^(←すふ (sufu)?)transitive godan (stem 吸(す)い (sui), past 吸(す)った (sutta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "す",
        "2": "4-p"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to inhale"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inhale",
          "inhale"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Is it okay to smoke?",
          "roman": "Tabako o sutte mo ii desu ka.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "吸",
              "す"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "タバコを吸ってもいいですか。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to smoke (tobacco or other drugs)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "smoke",
          "smoke"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to suck"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "suck",
          "suck"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to absorb"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "absorb",
          "absorb"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "すう"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sɨɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten"
  ],
  "word": "吸う"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 吸う meaning in Japanese (10.7kB)

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