"問うに落ちず語るに落ちる" meaning in Japanese

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Proverb

Etymology: Consisting of 問う (tou, “to ask”) + に (ni, particle) + 落ちず (ochizu, “not fall”) + 語る (kataru, “to tell, to talk about”) + に (ni, particle) + 落ちる (ochiru, “to fall”), literally "not confessing when asked but to confess while talking" Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|問う|に|落ちず|語る|に|落ちる|pos2=particle|pos5=particle|t1=to ask|t3=not fall|t4=to tell, to talk about|t6=to fall|tr1=tou|tr2=ni|tr3=ochizu|tr4=kataru|tr5=ni|tr6=ochiru}} 問う (tou, “to ask”) + に (ni, particle) + 落ちず (ochizu, “not fall”) + 語る (kataru, “to tell, to talk about”) + に (ni, particle) + 落ちる (ochiru, “to fall”) Head templates: {{ja-verb|と.う に おちず かたる に おちる|type=2}} 問(と)うに落(お)ちず語(かた)るに落(お)ちる • (tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochiru) ichidan (stem 問(と)うに落(お)ちず語(かた)るに落(お)ち (tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochi), past 問(と)うに落(お)ちず語(かた)るに落(お)ちた (tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochita)) Forms: 問うに落ちず語るに落ちる [canonical] (ruby: (), (), (かた), ()), tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochiru [romanization], 問うに落ちず語るに落ち [stem] (ruby: (), (), (かた), ()), 問うに落ちず語るに落ちた [past] (ruby: (), (), (かた), ()), no-table-tags [table-tags], 問うに落ちず語るに落ち [error-unrecognized-form], とうにおちずかたるにおち [error-unrecognized-form], tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochi [error-unrecognized-form], 問うに落ちず語るに落ちる [error-unrecognized-form], とうにおちずかたるにおちる [error-unrecognized-form], tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochiru [error-unrecognized-form], 問うに落ちず語るに落ちれ [error-unrecognized-form], とうにおちずかたるにおちれ [error-unrecognized-form], tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochire [error-unrecognized-form], 問うに落ちず語るに落ちよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], 問うに落ちず語るに落ちろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], とうにおちずかたるにおちよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], とうにおちずかたるにおちろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochiyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochiro [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], 問うに落ちず語るに落ちられる [passive], とうにおちずかたるにおちられる [passive], tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochirareru [passive], 問うに落ちず語るに落ちさせる [causative], 問うに落ちず語るに落ちさす [causative], とうにおちずかたるにおちさせる [causative], とうにおちずかたるにおちさす [causative], tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochisaseru [causative], tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochisasu [causative], 問うに落ちず語るに落ちられる [potential], 問うに落ちず語るに落ちれる [colloquial, potential], とうにおちずかたるにおちられる [potential], とうにおちずかたるにおちれる [colloquial, potential], tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochirareru [potential], tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochireru [colloquial, potential], 問うに落ちず語るに落ちよう [volitional], とうにおちずかたるにおちよう [volitional], tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochiyō [volitional], 問うに落ちず語るに落ちない [negative], 問うに落ちず語るに落ちぬ [negative], 問うに落ちず語るに落ちん [negative], とうにおちずかたるにおちない [negative], とうにおちずかたるにおちぬ [negative], とうにおちずかたるにおちん [negative], tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochinai [negative], tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochinu [negative], tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochin [negative], 問うに落ちず語るに落ちず [continuative, negative], とうにおちずかたるにおちず [continuative, negative], tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochizu [continuative, negative], 問うに落ちず語るに落ちます [formal], とうにおちずかたるにおちます [formal], tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochimasu [formal], 問うに落ちず語るに落ちた [perfective], とうにおちずかたるにおちた [perfective], tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochita [perfective], 問うに落ちず語るに落ちて [conjunctive], とうにおちずかたるにおちて [conjunctive], tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochite [conjunctive], 問うに落ちず語るに落ちれば [conditional, hypothetical], とうにおちずかたるにおちれば [conditional, hypothetical], tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochireba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. (idiomatic) to keep a secret when asked about it, but let it slip inadvertently when chatting on another occasion Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: 語るに落ちる (kataru ni ochiru) (ruby: (かた), ())
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        "1": "ja",
        "2": "問う",
        "3": "に",
        "4": "落ちず",
        "5": "語る",
        "6": "に",
        "7": "落ちる",
        "pos2": "particle",
        "pos5": "particle",
        "t1": "to ask",
        "t3": "not fall",
        "t4": "to tell, to talk about",
        "t6": "to fall",
        "tr1": "tou",
        "tr2": "ni",
        "tr3": "ochizu",
        "tr4": "kataru",
        "tr5": "ni",
        "tr6": "ochiru"
      },
      "expansion": "問う (tou, “to ask”) + に (ni, particle) + 落ちず (ochizu, “not fall”) + 語る (kataru, “to tell, to talk about”) + に (ni, particle) + 落ちる (ochiru, “to fall”)",
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "Consisting of 問う (tou, “to ask”) + に (ni, particle) + 落ちず (ochizu, “not fall”) + 語る (kataru, “to tell, to talk about”) + に (ni, particle) + 落ちる (ochiru, “to fall”), literally \"not confessing when asked but to confess while talking\"",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "問うに落ちず語るに落ちる",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "問",
          "と"
        ],
        [
          "落",
          "お"
        ],
        [
          "語",
          "かた"
        ],
        [
          "落",
          "お"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochiru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うに落ちず語るに落ち",
      "roman": "tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "問",
          "と"
        ],
        [
          "落",
          "お"
        ],
        [
          "語",
          "かた"
        ],
        [
          "落",
          "お"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うに落ちず語るに落ちた",
      "roman": "tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "問",
          "と"
        ],
        [
          "落",
          "お"
        ],
        [
          "語",
          "かた"
        ],
        [
          "落",
          "お"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-ichi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うに落ちず語るに落ち",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうにおちずかたるにおち",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うに落ちず語るに落ちる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうにおちずかたるにおちる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うに落ちず語るに落ちれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうにおちずかたるにおちれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochire",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うに落ちず語るに落ちよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うに落ちず語るに落ちろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうにおちずかたるにおちよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうにおちずかたるにおちろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochiyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochiro",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うに落ちず語るに落ちられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうにおちずかたるにおちられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochirareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うに落ちず語るに落ちさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うに落ちず語るに落ちさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうにおちずかたるにおちさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうにおちずかたるにおちさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochisaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochisasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うに落ちず語るに落ちられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うに落ちず語るに落ちれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうにおちずかたるにおちられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうにおちずかたるにおちれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochirareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochireru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うに落ちず語るに落ちよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうにおちずかたるにおちよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うに落ちず語るに落ちない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うに落ちず語るに落ちぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うに落ちず語るに落ちん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうにおちずかたるにおちない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうにおちずかたるにおちぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうにおちずかたるにおちん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochinu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochin",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うに落ちず語るに落ちず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうにおちずかたるにおちず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochizu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うに落ちず語るに落ちます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうにおちずかたるにおちます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うに落ちず語るに落ちた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうにおちずかたるにおちた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うに落ちず語るに落ちて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうにおちずかたるにおちて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うに落ちず語るに落ちれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうにおちずかたるにおちれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochireba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "と.う に おちず かたる に おちる",
        "type": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "問(と)うに落(お)ちず語(かた)るに落(お)ちる • (tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochiru) ichidan (stem 問(と)うに落(お)ちず語(かた)るに落(お)ち (tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochi), past 問(と)うに落(お)ちず語(かた)るに落(お)ちた (tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochita))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 4 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese verbs without transitivity",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to keep a secret when asked about it, but let it slip inadvertently when chatting on another occasion"
      ],
      "id": "en-問うに落ちず語るに落ちる-ja-proverb-ff6fXeF9",
      "links": [
        [
          "keep",
          "keep"
        ],
        [
          "secret",
          "secret"
        ],
        [
          "asked",
          "asked"
        ],
        [
          "slip",
          "slip"
        ],
        [
          "inadvertently",
          "inadvertently"
        ],
        [
          "chatting",
          "chatting"
        ],
        [
          "another",
          "another"
        ],
        [
          "occasion",
          "occasion"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to keep a secret when asked about it, but let it slip inadvertently when chatting on another occasion"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "kataru ni ochiru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "語",
              "かた"
            ],
            [
              "落",
              "お"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "語るに落ちる"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "問うに落ちず語るに落ちる"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "問う",
        "3": "に",
        "4": "落ちず",
        "5": "語る",
        "6": "に",
        "7": "落ちる",
        "pos2": "particle",
        "pos5": "particle",
        "t1": "to ask",
        "t3": "not fall",
        "t4": "to tell, to talk about",
        "t6": "to fall",
        "tr1": "tou",
        "tr2": "ni",
        "tr3": "ochizu",
        "tr4": "kataru",
        "tr5": "ni",
        "tr6": "ochiru"
      },
      "expansion": "問う (tou, “to ask”) + に (ni, particle) + 落ちず (ochizu, “not fall”) + 語る (kataru, “to tell, to talk about”) + に (ni, particle) + 落ちる (ochiru, “to fall”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Consisting of 問う (tou, “to ask”) + に (ni, particle) + 落ちず (ochizu, “not fall”) + 語る (kataru, “to tell, to talk about”) + に (ni, particle) + 落ちる (ochiru, “to fall”), literally \"not confessing when asked but to confess while talking\"",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "問うに落ちず語るに落ちる",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "問",
          "と"
        ],
        [
          "落",
          "お"
        ],
        [
          "語",
          "かた"
        ],
        [
          "落",
          "お"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochiru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うに落ちず語るに落ち",
      "roman": "tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "問",
          "と"
        ],
        [
          "落",
          "お"
        ],
        [
          "語",
          "かた"
        ],
        [
          "落",
          "お"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うに落ちず語るに落ちた",
      "roman": "tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "問",
          "と"
        ],
        [
          "落",
          "お"
        ],
        [
          "語",
          "かた"
        ],
        [
          "落",
          "お"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-ichi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うに落ちず語るに落ち",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうにおちずかたるにおち",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うに落ちず語るに落ちる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうにおちずかたるにおちる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うに落ちず語るに落ちれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうにおちずかたるにおちれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochire",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うに落ちず語るに落ちよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うに落ちず語るに落ちろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうにおちずかたるにおちよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうにおちずかたるにおちろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochiyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochiro",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うに落ちず語るに落ちられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうにおちずかたるにおちられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochirareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うに落ちず語るに落ちさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うに落ちず語るに落ちさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうにおちずかたるにおちさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうにおちずかたるにおちさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochisaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochisasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うに落ちず語るに落ちられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うに落ちず語るに落ちれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうにおちずかたるにおちられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうにおちずかたるにおちれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochirareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochireru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うに落ちず語るに落ちよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうにおちずかたるにおちよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うに落ちず語るに落ちない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うに落ちず語るに落ちぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うに落ちず語るに落ちん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうにおちずかたるにおちない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうにおちずかたるにおちぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうにおちずかたるにおちん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochinu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochin",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うに落ちず語るに落ちず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうにおちずかたるにおちず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochizu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うに落ちず語るに落ちます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうにおちずかたるにおちます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うに落ちず語るに落ちた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうにおちずかたるにおちた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うに落ちず語るに落ちて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうにおちずかたるにおちて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うに落ちず語るに落ちれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうにおちずかたるにおちれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochireba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "と.う に おちず かたる に おちる",
        "type": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "問(と)うに落(お)ちず語(かた)るに落(お)ちる • (tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochiru) ichidan (stem 問(と)うに落(お)ちず語(かた)るに落(お)ち (tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochi), past 問(と)うに落(お)ちず語(かた)るに落(お)ちた (tou ni ochizu kataru ni ochita))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese compound terms",
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese ichidan verbs",
        "Japanese idioms",
        "Japanese kami ichidan verbs",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with manual fragments",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms with 4 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese verbs",
        "Japanese verbs without transitivity",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to keep a secret when asked about it, but let it slip inadvertently when chatting on another occasion"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "keep",
          "keep"
        ],
        [
          "secret",
          "secret"
        ],
        [
          "asked",
          "asked"
        ],
        [
          "slip",
          "slip"
        ],
        [
          "inadvertently",
          "inadvertently"
        ],
        [
          "chatting",
          "chatting"
        ],
        [
          "another",
          "another"
        ],
        [
          "occasion",
          "occasion"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to keep a secret when asked about it, but let it slip inadvertently when chatting on another occasion"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "kataru ni ochiru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "語",
          "かた"
        ],
        [
          "落",
          "お"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "語るに落ちる"
    }
  ],
  "word": "問うに落ちず語るに落ちる"
}

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