"尊い" meaning in Japanese

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Adjective

IPA: [to̞ːto̞i]
Etymology: ⟨taputo₁ki⟩ → */taɸutokʲi/ → /toːtoi/ From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE. From the 連体形 (rentaikei, “attributive form”) of Early Middle Japanese adjective 尊し (tōtoshi), with the medial /-k-/ falling out. Possibly derived from 太い (futoi, “fat”). Etymology templates: {{IPAfont|⟨taputo₁ki⟩}} ⟨taputo₁ki⟩, {{IPAfont|/taɸutokʲi/}} /taɸutokʲi/, {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=とうとい}} Old Japanese, {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE, {{inh|ja|ja-mid-ear|-}} Early Middle Japanese, {{IPAfont|/-k-/}} /-k-/, {{ja-adj-ku|尊し|tōto}} From the 連体形 (rentaikei, “attributive form”) of Early Middle Japanese adjective 尊し (tōtoshi), with the medial /-k-/ falling out. Head templates: {{ja-adj|とうとい|hhira=たふとい|infl=i}} 尊(とうと)い • (tōtoi) ^(←たふとい (tafutoi)?)-i (adverbial 尊(とうと)く (tōtoku)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=く|attributive=い|conditional=ければ|conjunctive=くて|continuative=く|degree=さ|formal=い です|formal_negative=く ない です|formal_negative_past=く なかった です|formal_past=かった です|hypothetical=けれ|imperative=かれ|imperfective=かろ|informal_negative=く ない|informal_negative_past=く なかった|informal_past=かった|kana=とうと|lemma=尊|provisional=かったら|terminal=い|volitional=かろう}} Forms: 尊い [canonical] (ruby: (とうと)), tōtoi [romanization], tafutoi [romanization], 尊く [adverbial] (ruby: (とうと)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 尊かろ [imperfective, stem], とうとかろ [imperfective, stem], tōtokaro [imperfective], 尊く [continuative, stem], とうとく [continuative, stem], tōtoku [continuative], 尊い [stem, terminative], とうとい [stem, terminative], tōtoi [terminative], 尊い [attributive, stem], とうとい [attributive, stem], tōtoi [attributive], 尊けれ [hypothetical, stem], とうとけれ [hypothetical, stem], tōtokere [hypothetical], 尊かれ [imperative, stem], とうとかれ [imperative, stem], tōtokare [imperative], 尊くない [informal, negative], とうとくない [informal, negative], tōtoku nai [informal, negative], 尊かった [informal, past], とうとかった [informal, past], tōtokatta [informal, past], 尊くなかった [informal, negative, past], とうとくなかった [informal, negative, past], tōtoku nakatta [informal, negative, past], 尊いです [formal], とうといです [formal], tōtoi desu [formal], 尊くないです [formal, negative], とうとくないです [formal, negative], tōtoku nai desu [formal, negative], 尊かったです [formal, past], とうとかったです [formal, past], tōtokatta desu [formal, past], 尊くなかったです [formal, negative, past], とうとくなかったです [formal, negative, past], tōtoku nakatta desu [formal, negative, past], 尊くて [conjunctive], とうとくて [conjunctive], tōtokute [conjunctive], 尊ければ [conditional], とうとければ [conditional], tōtokereba [conditional], 尊かったら [conditional, past], とうとかったら [conditional, past], tōtokattara [conditional, past], 尊かろう [volitional], とうとかろう [volitional], tōtokarō [volitional], 尊く [adverbial], とうとく [adverbial], tōtoku [adverbial], 尊さ [noun-from-adj], とうとさ [noun-from-adj], tōtosa [noun-from-adj]
  1. noble; exalted; sacred
    Sense id: en-尊い-ja-adj-r6JdkAgo Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 37 8 10 37 8 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 36 3 23 36 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 36 3 23 36 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 36 3 23 36 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 30 11 18 30 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 32 8 20 32 8 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 33 6 22 33 6 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 58 5 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 5 16 36 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 3 24 35 3
  2. precious; valuable
    Sense id: en-尊い-ja-adj-3w85NoLn Categories (other): Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 30 11 18 30 11
  3. (Internet slang) glorious; marvelous; wonderful (of a higher level of praise than 萌え (moe)) Tags: Internet
    Sense id: en-尊い-ja-adj-r0XSjewG Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 37 8 10 37 8 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 36 3 23 36 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 36 3 23 36 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 36 3 23 36 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 30 11 18 30 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 32 8 20 32 8 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 33 6 22 33 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 5 16 36 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 3 24 35 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 尊死 (tōtoshi) (ruby: 尊死(とうとし)) [Internet], てぇてぇ (tētē) [Internet], 尊み (tōtomi) (ruby: (とうと)) [Internet], 尊ぶ (tōtobu) (ruby: (とうと))
Etymology number: 1

Adjective

IPA: [ta̠t̚to̞i]
Etymology: Shift from the classical form of 尊(とうと)い (tōtoi) above: たふとし /tafutosi/ → たつとし /taQtosi/. Etymology templates: {{ja-r|尊い|とうとい}} 尊(とうと)い (tōtoi), {{IPAfont|/tafutosi/}} /tafutosi/, {{IPAfont|/taQtosi/}} /taQtosi/ Head templates: {{ja-adj|たっとい|hhira=たつとい|infl=i}} 尊(たっと)い • (tattoi) ^(←たつとい (tatutoi)?)-i (adverbial 尊(たっと)く (tattoku)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=く|attributive=い|conditional=ければ|conjunctive=くて|continuative=く|degree=さ|formal=い です|formal_negative=く ない です|formal_negative_past=く なかった です|formal_past=かった です|hypothetical=けれ|imperative=かれ|imperfective=かろ|informal_negative=く ない|informal_negative_past=く なかった|informal_past=かった|kana=たっと|lemma=尊|provisional=かったら|terminal=い|volitional=かろう}} Forms: 尊い [canonical] (ruby: (たっと)), tattoi [romanization], tatutoi [romanization], 尊く [adverbial] (ruby: (たっと)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 尊かろ [imperfective, stem], たっとかろ [imperfective, stem], tattokaro [imperfective], 尊く [continuative, stem], たっとく [continuative, stem], tattoku [continuative], 尊い [stem, terminative], たっとい [stem, terminative], tattoi [terminative], 尊い [attributive, stem], たっとい [attributive, stem], tattoi [attributive], 尊けれ [hypothetical, stem], たっとけれ [hypothetical, stem], tattokere [hypothetical], 尊かれ [imperative, stem], たっとかれ [imperative, stem], tattokare [imperative], 尊くない [informal, negative], たっとくない [informal, negative], tattoku nai [informal, negative], 尊かった [informal, past], たっとかった [informal, past], tattokatta [informal, past], 尊くなかった [informal, negative, past], たっとくなかった [informal, negative, past], tattoku nakatta [informal, negative, past], 尊いです [formal], たっといです [formal], tattoi desu [formal], 尊くないです [formal, negative], たっとくないです [formal, negative], tattoku nai desu [formal, negative], 尊かったです [formal, past], たっとかったです [formal, past], tattokatta desu [formal, past], 尊くなかったです [formal, negative, past], たっとくなかったです [formal, negative, past], tattoku nakatta desu [formal, negative, past], 尊くて [conjunctive], たっとくて [conjunctive], tattokute [conjunctive], 尊ければ [conditional], たっとければ [conditional], tattokereba [conditional], 尊かったら [conditional, past], たっとかったら [conditional, past], tattokattara [conditional, past], 尊かろう [volitional], たっとかろう [volitional], tattokarō [volitional], 尊く [adverbial], たっとく [adverbial], tattoku [adverbial], 尊さ [noun-from-adj], たっとさ [noun-from-adj], tattosa [noun-from-adj]
  1. noble; exalted; sacred
    Sense id: en-尊い-ja-adj-r6JdkAgo1 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 37 8 10 37 8 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 36 3 23 36 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 36 3 23 36 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 36 3 23 36 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 30 11 18 30 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 32 8 20 32 8 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 33 6 22 33 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 5 16 36 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 3 24 35 3
  2. precious; valuable
    Sense id: en-尊い-ja-adj-3w85NoLn1 Categories (other): Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 30 11 18 30 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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    {
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      "source": "inflection",
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    {
      "form": "尊けれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "stem"
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    },
    {
      "form": "とうとけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "tōtokere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊かれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうとかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōtokare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊くない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうとくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōtoku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊かった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "とうとかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "past"
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    {
      "form": "tōtokatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊くなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうとくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōtoku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊いです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうといです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōtoi desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊くないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうとくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōtoku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊かったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうとかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōtokatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊くなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうとくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōtoku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊くて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうとくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōtokute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊ければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうとければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōtokereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊かったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうとかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōtokattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊かろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうとかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōtokarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうとく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōtoku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうとさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōtosa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "とうとい",
        "hhira": "たふとい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "尊(とうと)い • (tōtoi) ^(←たふとい (tafutoi)?)-i (adverbial 尊(とうと)く (tōtoku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "とうと",
        "lemma": "尊",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "37 8 10 37 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 3 23 36 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 3 23 36 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 3 23 36 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 11 18 30 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 8 20 32 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 6 22 33 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "58 5 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 5 16 36 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 3 24 35 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "noble; exalted; sacred"
      ],
      "id": "en-尊い-ja-adj-r6JdkAgo",
      "links": [
        [
          "noble",
          "noble"
        ],
        [
          "exalted",
          "exalted"
        ],
        [
          "sacred",
          "sacred"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "30 11 18 30 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "precious; valuable"
      ],
      "id": "en-尊い-ja-adj-3w85NoLn",
      "links": [
        [
          "precious",
          "precious"
        ],
        [
          "valuable",
          "valuable"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "37 8 10 37 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 3 23 36 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 3 23 36 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 3 23 36 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 11 18 30 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 8 20 32 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 6 22 33 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 5 16 36 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 3 24 35 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Smooch! Sorry for being so darn cute",
          "ref": "2022, “可愛くてごめん”performed by HoneyWorks [HoneyWorks] and 早見沙織:",
          "roman": "Chu! Tōtokute gomen",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "Chu",
              "チュ"
            ],
            [
              "尊",
              "とうと"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "Chu!尊くてごめん",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "glorious; marvelous; wonderful (of a higher level of praise than 萌え (moe))"
      ],
      "id": "en-尊い-ja-adj-r0XSjewG",
      "links": [
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
        [
          "slang",
          "slang"
        ],
        [
          "glorious",
          "glorious"
        ],
        [
          "marvelous",
          "marvelous"
        ],
        [
          "wonderful",
          "wonderful"
        ],
        [
          "萌え",
          "萌え#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Internet slang) glorious; marvelous; wonderful (of a higher level of praise than 萌え (moe))"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "とーとい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[to̞ːto̞i]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Kojiki",
    "ja:尊い"
  ],
  "word": "尊い"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "尊い",
        "2": "とうとい"
      },
      "expansion": "尊(とうと)い (tōtoi)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "/tafutosi/"
      },
      "expansion": "/tafutosi/",
      "name": "IPAfont"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "/taQtosi/"
      },
      "expansion": "/taQtosi/",
      "name": "IPAfont"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Shift from the classical form of 尊(とうと)い (tōtoi) above: たふとし /tafutosi/ → たつとし /taQtosi/.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "尊い",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "尊",
          "たっと"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tattoi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatutoi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊く",
      "roman": "tattoku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "尊",
          "たっと"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊かろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たっとかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tattokaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たっとく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tattoku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たっとい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tattoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たっとい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tattoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊けれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たっとけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tattokere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊かれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たっとかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tattokare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊くない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たっとくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tattoku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊かった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たっとかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tattokatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊くなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たっとくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tattoku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊いです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たっといです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tattoi desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊くないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たっとくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tattoku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊かったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たっとかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tattokatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊くなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たっとくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tattoku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊くて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たっとくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tattokute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊ければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たっとければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tattokereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊かったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たっとかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tattokattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊かろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たっとかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tattokarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たっとく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tattoku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たっとさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tattosa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "たっとい",
        "hhira": "たつとい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "尊(たっと)い • (tattoi) ^(←たつとい (tatutoi)?)-i (adverbial 尊(たっと)く (tattoku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "たっと",
        "lemma": "尊",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "37 8 10 37 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 3 23 36 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 3 23 36 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 3 23 36 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 11 18 30 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 8 20 32 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 6 22 33 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 5 16 36 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 3 24 35 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "noble; exalted; sacred"
      ],
      "id": "en-尊い-ja-adj-r6JdkAgo1",
      "links": [
        [
          "noble",
          "noble"
        ],
        [
          "exalted",
          "exalted"
        ],
        [
          "sacred",
          "sacred"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "30 11 18 30 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "precious; valuable"
      ],
      "id": "en-尊い-ja-adj-3w85NoLn1",
      "links": [
        [
          "precious",
          "precious"
        ],
        [
          "valuable",
          "valuable"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "たっとい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ta̠t̚to̞i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "尊い"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese adjectives",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms derived from Early Middle Japanese",
    "Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms inherited from Early Middle Japanese",
    "Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese い-i adjectives",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "tōtoshi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "尊死",
          "とうとし"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet"
      ],
      "word": "尊死"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tētē",
      "tags": [
        "Internet"
      ],
      "word": "てぇてぇ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tōtomi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "尊",
          "とうと"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet"
      ],
      "word": "尊み"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tōtobu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "尊",
          "とうと"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "尊ぶ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "⟨taputo₁ki⟩"
      },
      "expansion": "⟨taputo₁ki⟩",
      "name": "IPAfont"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "/taɸutokʲi/"
      },
      "expansion": "/taɸutokʲi/",
      "name": "IPAfont"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ojp",
        "3": "-",
        "sort": "とうとい"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Japanese",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "nodots": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "CE",
      "name": "C.E."
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "CE",
      "name": "CE"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ja-mid-ear",
        "3": "-"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "/-k-/"
      },
      "expansion": "/-k-/",
      "name": "IPAfont"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "尊し",
        "2": "tōto"
      },
      "expansion": "From the 連体形 (rentaikei, “attributive form”) of Early Middle Japanese adjective 尊し (tōtoshi), with the medial /-k-/ falling out.",
      "name": "ja-adj-ku"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "⟨taputo₁ki⟩ → */taɸutokʲi/ → /toːtoi/\nFrom Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE. From the 連体形 (rentaikei, “attributive form”) of Early Middle Japanese adjective 尊し (tōtoshi), with the medial /-k-/ falling out.\nPossibly derived from 太い (futoi, “fat”).",
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    {
      "form": "尊い",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "尊",
          "とうと"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōtoi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tafutoi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊く",
      "roman": "tōtoku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "尊",
          "とうと"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊かろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうとかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōtokaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうとく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōtoku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうとい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōtoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうとい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōtoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊けれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうとけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōtokere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊かれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうとかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōtokare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊くない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうとくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōtoku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊かった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうとかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōtokatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊くなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうとくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōtoku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊いです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうといです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōtoi desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊くないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうとくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōtoku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊かったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうとかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōtokatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊くなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうとくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōtoku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊くて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうとくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōtokute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊ければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうとければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōtokereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊かったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうとかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōtokattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊かろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうとかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōtokarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうとく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōtoku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうとさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōtosa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "とうとい",
        "hhira": "たふとい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "尊(とうと)い • (tōtoi) ^(←たふとい (tafutoi)?)-i (adverbial 尊(とうと)く (tōtoku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "とうと",
        "lemma": "尊",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "noble; exalted; sacred"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "noble",
          "noble"
        ],
        [
          "exalted",
          "exalted"
        ],
        [
          "sacred",
          "sacred"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "precious; valuable"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "precious",
          "precious"
        ],
        [
          "valuable",
          "valuable"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese internet slang",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Smooch! Sorry for being so darn cute",
          "ref": "2022, “可愛くてごめん”performed by HoneyWorks [HoneyWorks] and 早見沙織:",
          "roman": "Chu! Tōtokute gomen",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "Chu",
              "チュ"
            ],
            [
              "尊",
              "とうと"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "Chu!尊くてごめん",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "glorious; marvelous; wonderful (of a higher level of praise than 萌え (moe))"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
        [
          "slang",
          "slang"
        ],
        [
          "glorious",
          "glorious"
        ],
        [
          "marvelous",
          "marvelous"
        ],
        [
          "wonderful",
          "wonderful"
        ],
        [
          "萌え",
          "萌え#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Internet slang) glorious; marvelous; wonderful (of a higher level of praise than 萌え (moe))"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "とーとい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[to̞ːto̞i]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Kojiki",
    "ja:尊い"
  ],
  "word": "尊い"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Japanese adjectives",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese い-i adjectives",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "尊い",
        "2": "とうとい"
      },
      "expansion": "尊(とうと)い (tōtoi)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "/tafutosi/"
      },
      "expansion": "/tafutosi/",
      "name": "IPAfont"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "/taQtosi/"
      },
      "expansion": "/taQtosi/",
      "name": "IPAfont"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Shift from the classical form of 尊(とうと)い (tōtoi) above: たふとし /tafutosi/ → たつとし /taQtosi/.",
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    {
      "form": "尊い",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "尊",
          "たっと"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tattoi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatutoi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊く",
      "roman": "tattoku",
      "ruby": [
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          "尊",
          "たっと"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊かろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たっとかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tattokaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たっとく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tattoku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たっとい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tattoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たっとい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tattoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊けれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たっとけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tattokere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊かれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たっとかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tattokare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊くない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たっとくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tattoku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊かった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たっとかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tattokatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊くなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たっとくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tattoku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊いです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たっといです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tattoi desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊くないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たっとくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tattoku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊かったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たっとかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tattokatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊くなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たっとくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tattoku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊くて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たっとくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tattokute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊ければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たっとければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tattokereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊かったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たっとかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tattokattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊かろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たっとかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tattokarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たっとく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tattoku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "尊さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たっとさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tattosa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "たっとい",
        "hhira": "たつとい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "尊(たっと)い • (tattoi) ^(←たつとい (tatutoi)?)-i (adverbial 尊(たっと)く (tattoku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "たっと",
        "lemma": "尊",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "noble; exalted; sacred"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "noble",
          "noble"
        ],
        [
          "exalted",
          "exalted"
        ],
        [
          "sacred",
          "sacred"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "precious; valuable"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "precious",
          "precious"
        ],
        [
          "valuable",
          "valuable"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "たっとい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ta̠t̚to̞i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "尊い"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 尊い meaning in Japanese (16.3kB)

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