"地方" meaning in Japanese

See 地方 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [t͡ɕiho̞ː] Forms: 地方 [canonical] (ruby: (), (ほう)), chihō [romanization], tifau [romanization], ちはう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 地方 (MC dijH pjang). Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|ltc|-|sort=ちほう}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|地方|id=1,2}} 地方 (MC dijH pjang) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ちほう|hhira=ちはう}} 地(ち)方(ほう) • (chihō) ^(←ちはう (tifau)?)
  1. district, province, area
    Sense id: en-地方-ja-noun-eUxsxaLx Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 50 50
  2. district, province, area
    krai
    Sense id: en-地方-ja-noun-Ww6ZYy9U Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 50 50
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      },
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese 地方 (MC dijH pjang).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "地方",
      "ruby": [
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          "地",
          "ち"
        ],
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          "方",
          "ほう"
        ]
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      "form": "chihō",
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    },
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        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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      "roman": "tifau",
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      ]
    }
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    }
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  "lang_code": "ja",
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        "district, province, area",
        "krai"
      ],
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          "district"
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          "province",
          "province"
        ],
        [
          "area",
          "area"
        ],
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          "krai",
          "krai"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ちほー"
    },
    {
      "other": "ちほー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕiho̞ː]"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "痴呆"
    }
  ],
  "word": "地方"
}
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese 地方 (MC dijH pjang).",
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          "方",
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        ]
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "district, province, area"
      ],
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          "krai"
        ]
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      "other": "ちほー"
    },
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      "other": "ちほー"
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      "ipa": "[t͡ɕiho̞ː]"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "痴呆"
    }
  ],
  "word": "地方"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 地方 meaning in Japanese (1.8kB)

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  "msg": "HTML tag <span> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "地方"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "地方",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "地方"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "地方",
  "trace": ""
}

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