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"text": "夜知富許能 迦微能美許登波\n八千矛の神の命は\nやちほこのかみのみことは\nYachihoko no kami no mikoto wa\nthe honorable god Yachihoko"
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"text": "波々蘇婆能 波々能美許等波\n柞葉の母の命は\nははそばのははのみことは\nhahasoba no haha no mikoto wa\nthe exalted mother of the oak leaf"
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"text": "Similarly used as a title after the referenced noun."
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"text": "和加久佐能 都麻能美許登\n若草の妻の命\nわかくさのつまのみこと\nWakakusa no tsuma no mikoto\ndearly beloved young wife"
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]
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],
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{
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{
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},
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"命",
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{
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"しん"
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[
"髄",
"ずい"
]
],
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"word": "真髄"
}
],
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}
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"Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese",
"Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese",
"Japanese terms prefixed with 御",
"Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
"Japanese terms spelled with 命",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Japanese terms with multiple readings",
"Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
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},
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},
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}
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],
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}
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"ipa": "[mʲiko̞to̞]"
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],
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}
],
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}
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"Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese",
"Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese",
"Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese",
"Japanese terms prefixed with 御",
"Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
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"args": {
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},
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"args": {
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},
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{
"form": "命",
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]
},
{
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{
"text": "Used as a title after the referenced noun when referring to gods, emperors, or other high-status persons."
},
{
"text": "夜知富許能 迦微能美許登波\n八千矛の神の命は\nやちほこのかみのみことは\nYachihoko no kami no mikoto wa\nthe honorable god Yachihoko"
},
{
"text": "波々蘇婆能 波々能美許等波\n柞葉の母の命は\nははそばのははのみことは\nhahasoba no haha no mikoto wa\nthe exalted mother of the oak leaf"
}
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],
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},
{
"text": "和加久佐能 都麻能美許登\n若草の妻の命\nわかくさのつまのみこと\nWakakusa no tsuma no mikoto\ndearly beloved young wife"
}
],
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}
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},
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],
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{
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{
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{
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],
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"trace": ""
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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