See 巫女 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ふじょ",
"hhira": "ふぢよ"
},
"expansion": "巫(ふ)女(じょ) • (fujo) ^(←ふぢよ (fudyo)?)",
"name": "ja-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"An unmarried woman who serves a deity as a medium to convey oracles."
],
"links": [
[
"unmarried",
"unmarried"
],
[
"deity",
"deity"
],
[
"medium",
"medium"
],
[
"convey",
"convey"
],
[
"oracle",
"oracle"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "ふじょ"
},
{
"ipa": "[ɸɯ̟ʑo̞]"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "kannagi",
"word": "巫"
},
{
"roman": "kannagi",
"word": "覡"
},
{
"roman": "ichiko",
"word": "巫子"
},
{
"roman": "itako",
"word": "巫子"
},
{
"roman": "kuchiyose",
"ruby": [
[
"口",
"くち"
],
[
"寄",
"よ"
]
],
"word": "口寄せ"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Meiji Jingu",
"Miko",
"ja:巫女"
],
"word": "巫女"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 巫女 meaning in Japanese (6.8kB)
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