"好奇心" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ko̞ːkʲiɕĩɴ] Forms: 好奇心 [canonical] (ruby: (こう), (), (しん)), kōkishin [romanization]
Etymology: From 好奇 (kōki, “inquisitiveness”) + 心 (shin, “heart”). Head templates: {{ja-noun|こうきしん}} 好(こう)奇(き)心(しん) • (kōkishin)
  1. curiosity
    Sense id: en-好奇心-ja-noun-iVCut70u Categories (other): Japanese terms with 3 kanji, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 3 kanji: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
  2. neophilia
    Sense id: en-好奇心-ja-noun-6pCriCcs Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 3 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 24 76 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 24 76 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 3 kanji: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant script codes: 24 76 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 好奇心旺盛: brimming with curiosity (kōkishin ōsei), neophilic Related terms: 好奇心猫を殺す (kōkishin neko o korosu) (ruby: 好奇心猫(こうきしんねこ), (ころ)) (english: curiosity killed the cat), 好奇心は猫をも殺す (kōkishin wa neko o mo korosu) (ruby: 好奇心(こうきしん), (ねこ), (ころ)) (english: curiosity killed the cat)
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      "roman": "kōkishin ōsei",
      "word": "好奇心旺盛: brimming with curiosity"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "neophilic"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From 好奇 (kōki, “inquisitiveness”) + 心 (shin, “heart”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "好奇心",
      "ruby": [
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          "好",
          "こう"
        ],
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          "奇",
          "き"
        ],
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          "しん"
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "curiosity killed the cat",
      "roman": "kōkishin neko o korosu",
      "ruby": [
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          "こうきしんねこ"
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        [
          "殺",
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    },
    {
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      "english": "curiosity killed the cat",
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      "ruby": [
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          "好奇心",
          "こうきしん"
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          "猫",
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        [
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          "ころ"
        ]
      ],
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    }
  ],
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "neophilia"
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      "links": [
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          "neophilia",
          "neophilia"
        ]
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "こーきしん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ko̞ːkʲiɕĩɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "好奇心"
}
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    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
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    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "kōkishin ōsei",
      "word": "好奇心旺盛: brimming with curiosity"
    },
    {
      "word": "neophilic"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From 好奇 (kōki, “inquisitiveness”) + 心 (shin, “heart”).",
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      "form": "好奇心",
      "ruby": [
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          "好",
          "こう"
        ],
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          "奇",
          "き"
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        ]
      ],
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    {
      "english": "curiosity killed the cat",
      "roman": "kōkishin neko o korosu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "好奇心猫",
          "こうきしんねこ"
        ],
        [
          "殺",
          "ころ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "好奇心猫を殺す"
    },
    {
      "english": "curiosity killed the cat",
      "roman": "kōkishin wa neko o mo korosu",
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          "好奇心",
          "こうきしん"
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        [
          "猫",
          "ねこ"
        ],
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          "殺",
          "ころ"
        ]
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      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "other": "こーきしん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ko̞ːkʲiɕĩɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "好奇心"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 好奇心 meaning in Japanese (1.7kB)

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