"多聞" meaning in Japanese

See 多聞 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [ta̠bɯ̟̃ɴ], [ta̠mõ̞ɴ] Forms: 多聞 [canonical] (ruby: (), (もん)), Tamon [romanization]
Etymology: 多 (“poly-; multi-”) + 聞 (“to hear; to learn”) Etymology templates: {{pre|ja|多|聞|sort=たぶん|t1=poly-; multi-|t2=to hear; to learn}} 多 (“poly-; multi-”) + 聞 (“to hear; to learn”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|たもん}} 多(た)聞(もん) • (Tamon)
  1. Clipping of 多聞天 (Tamonten). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Alternative form of: 多聞天 (extra: Tamonten)
    Sense id: en-多聞-ja-name-qKs6LIQN Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 31 28 26
  2. a surname
    Sense id: en-多聞-ja-name-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): Japanese surnames, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 31 28 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 31 25 21

Noun

IPA: [ta̠bɯ̟̃ɴ], [ta̠mõ̞ɴ] Forms: 多聞 [canonical] (ruby: (), (ぶん)), tabun [romanization]
Etymology: 多 (“poly-; multi-”) + 聞 (“to hear; to learn”) Etymology templates: {{pre|ja|多|聞|sort=たぶん|t1=poly-; multi-|t2=to hear; to learn}} 多 (“poly-; multi-”) + 聞 (“to hear; to learn”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|たぶん}} 多(た)聞(ぶん) • (tabun)
  1. lots of information or knowledge
    Sense id: en-多聞-ja-noun-EGLYhEqB Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 31 28 26

Noun

IPA: [ta̠bɯ̟̃ɴ], [ta̠mõ̞ɴ] Forms: 多聞 [canonical] (ruby: (), (もん)), tamon [romanization]
Etymology: 多 (“poly-; multi-”) + 聞 (“to hear; to learn”) Etymology templates: {{pre|ja|多|聞|sort=たぶん|t1=poly-; multi-|t2=to hear; to learn}} 多 (“poly-; multi-”) + 聞 (“to hear; to learn”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|たもん}} 多(た)聞(もん) • (tamon)
  1. (architecture) a long building built along the top of the stony wall of a Japanese castle
    Sense id: en-多聞-ja-noun-yJ1uPPbl Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Architecture, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms prefixed with 多, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese words with multiple readings, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 13 7 6 74 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 11 6 6 77 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 10 6 6 77 Disambiguation of Japanese terms prefixed with 多: 5 9 7 79 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 4 7 7 82 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 5 7 6 81 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 12 9 7 72 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 9 7 6 78 Disambiguation of Japanese words with multiple readings: 5 7 6 81 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 31 28 26 Topics: architecture
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Download raw JSONL data for 多聞 meaning in Japanese (4.9kB)

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