"巨人" meaning in Japanese

See 巨人 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [kʲo̞ʑĩɴ] Forms: 巨人 [canonical] (ruby: (きょ), (じん)), Kyojin [romanization]
Etymology: Ultimately from Middle Chinese 巨人 (MC gjoX nyin). The professional baseball team is an abbreviation of one of its original names, the 東京巨人軍 (Tōkyō Kyojin-gun, “Tokyo Giants”). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=きよしん}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|巨人}} 巨人 (MC gjoX nyin) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|きょじん}} 巨(きょ)人(じん) • (Kyojin)
  1. (baseball, colloquial) Synonym of 読売ジャイアンツ (Yomiuri Jaiantsu): the Yomiuri Giants Tags: colloquial Synonyms: 読売ジャイアンツ [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-巨人-ja-name-qOo3uWBp Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Baseball, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 43 19 17 21 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 27 18 24 31 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 26 19 25 31 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 27 22 23 28 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 25 19 24 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 50 28 5 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 33 3 9 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Noun

IPA: [kʲo̞ʑĩɴ] Forms: 巨人 [canonical] (ruby: (きょ), (じん)), kyojin [romanization]
Etymology: Ultimately from Middle Chinese 巨人 (MC gjoX nyin). The professional baseball team is an abbreviation of one of its original names, the 東京巨人軍 (Tōkyō Kyojin-gun, “Tokyo Giants”). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=きよしん}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|巨人}} 巨人 (MC gjoX nyin) Head templates: {{ja-noun|きょじん}} 巨(きょ)人(じん) • (kyojin)
  1. a giant:
    (mythology) a human of very great size, titan
    Sense id: en-巨人-ja-noun-1pVfjRz7 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Mythology, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 27 18 24 31 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 26 19 25 31 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 9 13 35 43 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 27 22 23 28 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 25 19 24 31 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  2. a giant:
    a very tall person
    Synonyms: 大男, 巨漢
    Sense id: en-巨人-ja-noun-sDDYGSqF Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 27 18 24 31 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 26 19 25 31 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 9 13 35 43 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 27 22 23 28 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 25 19 24 31
  3. a giant:
    a person of extraordinary strength or power, bodily or intellectual
    Synonyms: 偉人
    Sense id: en-巨人-ja-noun-TjohsjIB Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 27 18 24 31 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 26 19 25 31 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 9 13 35 43 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 27 22 23 28 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 25 19 24 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 巨人症 (kyojinshō) (ruby: (きょ), (じん), (しょう)) (english: gigantism), 巨人説話 (kyojin setsuwa) (ruby: (きょ), (じん), (せつ), ()), 巨人大鵬卵焼き (kyojin taihō tamagoyaki) (ruby: (きょ), (じん), (たい), (ほう), (たまご), ()), 巨人伝説 (kyojin densetsu) (ruby: (きょ), (じん), (でん), (せつ)) Related terms: 小さな巨人 (chīsana kyojin) (ruby: (ちい), (きょ), (じん)) (english: small giant → someone who has a small physique but having a great talent), ジャイアント (jaianto)
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a giant:",
        "a human of very great size, titan"
      ],
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          "giant",
          "giant"
        ],
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          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
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          "human",
          "human"
        ],
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          "very",
          "very"
        ],
        [
          "great",
          "great"
        ],
        [
          "size",
          "size"
        ],
        [
          "titan",
          "titan"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "a giant:",
        "(mythology) a human of very great size, titan"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "小人"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a giant:",
        "a very tall person"
      ],
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        [
          "giant",
          "giant"
        ],
        [
          "tall",
          "tall"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "大男"
        },
        {
          "word": "巨漢"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a giant:",
        "a person of extraordinary strength or power, bodily or intellectual"
      ],
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          "giant"
        ],
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          "extraordinary",
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        ],
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          "strength",
          "strength"
        ],
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ],
        [
          "bodily",
          "bodily"
        ],
        [
          "intellectual",
          "intellectual"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "偉人"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "きょじん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʲo̞ʑĩɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "巨人"
}

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    "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
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      "form": "巨人",
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          "巨",
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        "Synonym of 読売ジャイアンツ (Yomiuri Jaiantsu): the Yomiuri Giants"
      ],
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      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "other": "きょじん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʲo̞ʑĩɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "巨人"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 巨人 meaning in Japanese (5.6kB)

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