"夜鷹" meaning in Japanese

See 夜鷹 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [jo̞ta̠ka̠] Forms: 夜鷹 [canonical] (ruby: 夜(よ), 鷹(たか)), 夜鷹 [canonical] (ruby: 夜鷹(ヨタカ)), yotaka [romanization]
Etymology: From 夜(よ) (yo, “night”) + 鷹(たか) (taka, “hawk”). Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|夜|よ|鷹|たか|t1=night|t2=hawk}} 夜(よ) (yo, “night”) + 鷹(たか) (taka, “hawk”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|よたか|ヨタカ}} 夜(よ)鷹(たか) or 夜鷹(ヨタカ) • (yotaka)
  1. a grey nightjar
    Sense id: en-夜鷹-ja-noun-6A5pybex Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 11 25 29 35
  2. people who wander about until late Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-夜鷹-ja-noun-OoHuWT3V Disambiguation of People: 0 65 30 5 Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 11 25 29 35
  3. (Edo) unlicensed prostitutes who worked the roadsides at night Synonyms: 娼婦
    Sense id: en-夜鷹-ja-noun-fode4qrh Categories (other): Edo Japanese, Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 11 25 29 35
  4. Clipping of 夜鷹蕎麦 (yotaka soba, “late night soba sellers”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Alternative form of: 夜鷹蕎麦 (extra: yotaka soba, “late night soba sellers”) Categories (topical): Prostitution, Restaurants Categories (lifeform): Caprimulgiforms
    Sense id: en-夜鷹-ja-noun-qLG8m6bn Disambiguation of Prostitution: 5 21 20 55 Disambiguation of Restaurants: 5 6 30 59 Disambiguation of Caprimulgiforms: 5 7 30 58 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 1 7 27 65 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 2 10 27 61 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 11 25 29 35 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 2 10 27 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 油夜鷹 (aburayotaka) (ruby: 油夜鷹(アブラヨタカ)) 
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  "derived": [
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "aburayotaka",
      "ruby": [
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          "油夜鷹",
          "アブラヨタカ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "油夜鷹"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "よ",
        "3": "鷹",
        "4": "たか",
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        "t2": "hawk"
      },
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      "name": "ja-compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From 夜(よ) (yo, “night”) + 鷹(たか) (taka, “hawk”).",
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          "よ"
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        ]
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      "form": "yotaka",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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    }
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      "glosses": [
        "unlicensed prostitutes who worked the roadsides at night"
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        "(Edo) unlicensed prostitutes who worked the roadsides at night"
      ],
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        {
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        }
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          "extra": "yotaka soba, “late night soba sellers”",
          "word": "夜鷹蕎麦"
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          "_dis": "2 10 27 61",
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          "_dis": "5 7 30 58",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Caprimulgiforms",
          "orig": "ja:Caprimulgiforms",
          "parents": [
            "Birds",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Prostitution",
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          "parents": [
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            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Reproduction",
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            "Life",
            "Nature"
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          "kind": "topical",
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          "name": "Restaurants",
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          "parents": [
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            "Food and drink",
            "Business",
            "All topics",
            "Economics",
            "Society",
            "Fundamental",
            "Social sciences",
            "Sciences"
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        }
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        "Clipping of 夜鷹蕎麦 (yotaka soba, “late night soba sellers”)."
      ],
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          "夜鷹蕎麦",
          "夜鷹蕎麦#Japanese"
        ]
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      "other": "よたか"
    },
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      "ipa": "[jo̞ta̠ka̠]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "ja:ヨタカ"
  ],
  "word": "夜鷹"
}

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    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
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    "ja:People",
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      "roman": "aburayotaka",
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          "アブラヨタカ"
        ]
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        "t2": "hawk"
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    }
  ],
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      "ruby": [
        [
          "夜",
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        ],
        [
          "鷹",
          "たか"
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "a grey nightjar"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "people who wander about until late"
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "unlicensed prostitutes who worked the roadsides at night"
      ],
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        "(Edo) unlicensed prostitutes who worked the roadsides at night"
      ],
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          "word": "娼婦"
        }
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        }
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  ],
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}

Download raw JSONL data for 夜鷹 meaning in Japanese (2.1kB)

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