"大同小異" meaning in Japanese

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Adjective

IPA: [da̠ido̞ː ɕo̞ːi]
Head templates: {{ja-adj|だいどう しょうい|infl=na}} 大(だい)同(どう)小(しょう)異(い) • (daidō shōi) -na (adnominal 大(だい)同(どう)小(しょう)異(い)な (daidō shōi na), adverbial 大(だい)同(どう)小(しょう)異(い)に (daidō shōi ni)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=. に|attributive=. な|conditional=. なら(ば)|conjunctive=. で|continuative=. で|degree=さ|formal=. です|formal_negative=. で は ありません|formal_negative2=. じゃ ありません|formal_negative_past=. で は ありません でした|formal_negative_past2=. じゃ ありません でした|formal_past=. でした|hypothetical=. なら|imperative=. で あれ|imperfective=. だろ|informal_negative=. で は ない|informal_negative2=. じゃ ない|informal_negative_past=. で は なかった|informal_negative_past2=. じゃ なかった|informal_past=. だった|kana=だいどう しょうい|lemma=大同小異|provisional=. だったら|terminal=. だ|volitional=. だろう}} Forms: 大同小異 [canonical] (ruby: (だい), (どう), (しょう), ()), daidō shōi [romanization], 大同小異な [adnominal] (ruby: (だい), (どう), (しょう), ()), 大同小異に [adverbial] (ruby: (だい), (どう), (しょう), ()), no-table-tags [table-tags], 大同小異だろ [imperfective, stem], だいどうしょういだろ [imperfective, stem], daidō shōi daro [imperfective], 大同小異で [continuative, stem], だいどうしょういで [continuative, stem], daidō shōi de [continuative], 大同小異だ [stem, terminative], だいどうしょういだ [stem, terminative], daidō shōi da [terminative], 大同小異な [attributive, stem], だいどうしょういな [attributive, stem], daidō shōi na [attributive], 大同小異なら [hypothetical, stem], だいどうしょういなら [hypothetical, stem], daidō shōi nara [hypothetical], 大同小異であれ [imperative, stem], だいどうしょういであれ [imperative, stem], daidō shōi de are [imperative], 大同小異ではない [informal, negative], 大同小異じゃない [informal, negative], だいどうしょういではない [informal, negative], だいどうしょういじゃない [informal, negative], daidō shōi de wa nai [informal, negative], daidō shōi ja nai [informal, negative], 大同小異だった [informal, past], だいどうしょういだった [informal, past], daidō shōi datta [informal, past], 大同小異ではなかった [informal, negative, past], 大同小異じゃなかった [informal, negative, past], だいどうしょういではなかった [informal, negative, past], だいどうしょういじゃなかった [informal, negative, past], daidō shōi de wa nakatta [informal, negative, past], daidō shōi ja nakatta [informal, negative, past], 大同小異です [formal], だいどうしょういです [formal], daidō shōi desu [formal], 大同小異ではありません [formal, negative], 大同小異じゃありません [formal, negative], だいどうしょういではありません [formal, negative], だいどうしょういじゃありません [formal, negative], daidō shōi de wa arimasen [formal, negative], daidō shōi ja arimasen [formal, negative], 大同小異でした [formal, past], だいどうしょういでした [formal, past], daidō shōi deshita [formal, past], 大同小異ではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], 大同小異じゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], だいどうしょういではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], だいどうしょういじゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], daidō shōi de wa arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], daidō shōi ja arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], 大同小異で [conjunctive], だいどうしょういで [conjunctive], daidō shōi de [conjunctive], 大同小異なら(ば) [conditional], だいどうしょういなら(ば) [conditional], daidō shōi nara (ba) [conditional], 大同小異だったら [conditional, past], だいどうしょういだったら [conditional, past], daidō shōi dattara [conditional, past], 大同小異だろう [volitional], だいどうしょういだろう [volitional], daidō shōi darō [volitional], 大同小異に [adverbial], だいどうしょういに [adverbial], daidō shōi ni [adverbial], 大同小異さ [noun-from-adj], だいどうしょういさ [noun-from-adj], daidō shōisa [noun-from-adj]
  1. almost the same, not much difference Synonyms: 似たり寄ったり, どっこいどっこい
    Sense id: en-大同小異-ja-adj-zisucE~E Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 4 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese yojijukugo, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 77 23 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 74 26 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 4 kanji: 58 42 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 75 25 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 77 23 Disambiguation of Japanese yojijukugo: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11

Noun

IPA: [da̠ido̞ː ɕo̞ːi] Forms: 大同小異 [canonical] (ruby: (だい), (どう), (しょう), ()), daidō shōi [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|だいどう しょうい}} 大(だい)同(どう)小(しょう)異(い) • (daidō shōi)
  1. being practically the same
    Sense id: en-大同小異-ja-noun-TWhYyNyI
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "大同小異",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "大",
          "だい"
        ],
        [
          "同",
          "どう"
        ],
        [
          "小",
          "しょう"
        ],
        [
          "異",
          "い"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異な",
      "roman": "daidō shōi na",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "大",
          "だい"
        ],
        [
          "同",
          "どう"
        ],
        [
          "小",
          "しょう"
        ],
        [
          "異",
          "い"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adnominal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異に",
      "roman": "daidō shōi ni",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "大",
          "だい"
        ],
        [
          "同",
          "どう"
        ],
        [
          "小",
          "しょう"
        ],
        [
          "異",
          "い"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異だろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だいどうしょういだろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi daro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だいどうしょういで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異だ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だいどうしょういだ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi da",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異な",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だいどうしょういな",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異なら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だいどうしょういなら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi nara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異であれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だいどうしょういであれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi de are",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異ではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異じゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だいどうしょういではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だいどうしょういじゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi de wa nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi ja nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異だった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だいどうしょういだった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi datta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異ではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異じゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だいどうしょういではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だいどうしょういじゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi de wa nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi ja nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異です",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だいどうしょういです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異ではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異じゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だいどうしょういではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だいどうしょういじゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi ja arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異でした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だいどうしょういでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異ではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異じゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だいどうしょういではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だいどうしょういじゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi ja arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だいどうしょういで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異なら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だいどうしょういなら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi nara (ba)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異だったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だいどうしょういだったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi dattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異だろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だいどうしょういだろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi darō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異に",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だいどうしょういに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だいどうしょういさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōisa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "だいどう しょうい",
        "infl": "na"
      },
      "expansion": "大(だい)同(どう)小(しょう)異(い) • (daidō shōi) -na (adnominal 大(だい)同(どう)小(しょう)異(い)な (daidō shōi na), adverbial 大(だい)同(どう)小(しょう)異(い)に (daidō shōi ni))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": ". に",
        "attributive": ". な",
        "conditional": ". なら(ば)",
        "conjunctive": ". で",
        "continuative": ". で",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": ". です",
        "formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
        "formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
        "formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
        "formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
        "formal_past": ". でした",
        "hypothetical": ". なら",
        "imperative": ". で あれ",
        "imperfective": ". だろ",
        "informal_negative": ". で は ない",
        "informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
        "informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
        "informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
        "informal_past": ". だった",
        "kana": "だいどう しょうい",
        "lemma": "大同小異",
        "provisional": ". だったら",
        "terminal": ". だ",
        "volitional": ". だろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "雲泥の差"
        },
        {
          "word": "雲泥万里"
        },
        {
          "word": "月と鼈"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "83 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "77 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "74 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "58 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 4 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "75 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "77 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "64 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese yojijukugo",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "76 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "89 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "almost the same, not much difference"
      ],
      "id": "en-大同小異-ja-adj-zisucE~E",
      "links": [
        [
          "almost",
          "almost"
        ],
        [
          "same",
          "same"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "似たり寄ったり"
        },
        {
          "word": "どっこいどっこい"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "だいどーしょーい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[da̠ido̞ː ɕo̞ːi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "大同小異"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "大同小異",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "大",
          "だい"
        ],
        [
          "同",
          "どう"
        ],
        [
          "小",
          "しょう"
        ],
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          "異",
          "い"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi",
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        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "だいどう しょうい"
      },
      "expansion": "大(だい)同(どう)小(しょう)異(い) • (daidō shōi)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "being practically the same"
      ],
      "id": "en-大同小異-ja-noun-TWhYyNyI"
    }
  ],
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      "other": "だいどーしょーい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[da̠ido̞ː ɕo̞ːi]"
    }
  ],
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}
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          "だい"
        ],
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          "同",
          "どう"
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          "だい"
        ],
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          "同",
          "どう"
        ],
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          "小",
          "しょう"
        ],
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          "異",
          "い"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
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      "form": "大同小異に",
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          "大",
          "だい"
        ],
        [
          "同",
          "どう"
        ],
        [
          "小",
          "しょう"
        ],
        [
          "異",
          "い"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異だろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だいどうしょういだろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi daro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だいどうしょういで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異だ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だいどうしょういだ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi da",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異な",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だいどうしょういな",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異なら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だいどうしょういなら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi nara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異であれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だいどうしょういであれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi de are",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異ではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異じゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だいどうしょういではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だいどうしょういじゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi de wa nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi ja nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異だった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だいどうしょういだった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi datta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異ではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異じゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だいどうしょういではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だいどうしょういじゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi de wa nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi ja nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異です",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だいどうしょういです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異ではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異じゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だいどうしょういではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だいどうしょういじゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi ja arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異でした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だいどうしょういでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異ではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異じゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だいどうしょういではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だいどうしょういじゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi ja arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だいどうしょういで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異なら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だいどうしょういなら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi nara (ba)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異だったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だいどうしょういだったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi dattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異だろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だいどうしょういだろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi darō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異に",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だいどうしょういに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大同小異さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だいどうしょういさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōisa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "だいどう しょうい",
        "infl": "na"
      },
      "expansion": "大(だい)同(どう)小(しょう)異(い) • (daidō shōi) -na (adnominal 大(だい)同(どう)小(しょう)異(い)な (daidō shōi na), adverbial 大(だい)同(どう)小(しょう)異(い)に (daidō shōi ni))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": ". に",
        "attributive": ". な",
        "conditional": ". なら(ば)",
        "conjunctive": ". で",
        "continuative": ". で",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": ". です",
        "formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
        "formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
        "formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
        "formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
        "formal_past": ". でした",
        "hypothetical": ". なら",
        "imperative": ". で あれ",
        "imperfective": ". だろ",
        "informal_negative": ". で は ない",
        "informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
        "informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
        "informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
        "informal_past": ". だった",
        "kana": "だいどう しょうい",
        "lemma": "大同小異",
        "provisional": ". だったら",
        "terminal": ". だ",
        "volitional": ". だろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "雲泥の差"
        },
        {
          "word": "雲泥万里"
        },
        {
          "word": "月と鼈"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "almost the same, not much difference"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "almost",
          "almost"
        ],
        [
          "same",
          "same"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "似たり寄ったり"
        },
        {
          "word": "どっこいどっこい"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "だいどーしょーい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[da̠ido̞ː ɕo̞ːi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "大同小異"
}

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    "Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji",
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    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
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    {
      "form": "大同小異",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "大",
          "だい"
        ],
        [
          "同",
          "どう"
        ],
        [
          "小",
          "しょう"
        ],
        [
          "異",
          "い"
        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daidō shōi",
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        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "だいどう しょうい"
      },
      "expansion": "大(だい)同(どう)小(しょう)異(い) • (daidō shōi)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "being practically the same"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "だいどーしょーい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[da̠ido̞ː ɕo̞ːi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "大同小異"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 大同小異 meaning in Japanese (10.6kB)

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