See 唯 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
{
"form": "i",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "wi",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "ゐ",
"roman": "wi",
"tags": [
"hiragana",
"historical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "affix",
"2": "い",
"hhira": "ゐ"
},
"expansion": "唯(い) • (i) ^(←ゐ (wi)?)",
"name": "ja-pos"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "affix",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"polite particle used to respond to elders: yes"
],
"links": [
[
"polite",
"polite#English"
],
[
"particle",
"particle#English"
],
[
"respond",
"respond#English"
],
[
"elder",
"elder#English"
],
[
"yes",
"yes"
]
]
}
],
"word": "唯"
}
{
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "soft-redirect",
"redirects": [
"ただ",
"たった"
],
"senses": [
{
"tags": [
"no-gloss"
]
}
],
"word": "唯"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 唯 meaning in Japanese (7.9kB)
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"called_from": "parser/1336",
"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
"path": [
"唯"
],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "affix",
"title": "唯",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "parser/1336",
"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
"path": [
"唯"
],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "proper noun",
"title": "唯",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "parser/304",
"msg": "HTML tag <span> not properly closed",
"path": [
"唯"
],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "interjection",
"title": "唯",
"trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}
{
"called_from": "parser/1336",
"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
"path": [
"唯"
],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "interjection",
"title": "唯",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "parser/304",
"msg": "HTML tag <span> not properly closed",
"path": [
"唯"
],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "affix",
"title": "唯",
"trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}
{
"called_from": "parser/1336",
"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
"path": [
"唯"
],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "affix",
"title": "唯",
"trace": ""
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-07-11 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-07-01 using wiktextract (84cf5d0 and f1c2b61). 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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