"広島" meaning in Japanese

See 広島 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [çiɾo̞ɕima̠] Forms: 広島 [canonical] (ruby: (ひろ), (しま)), Hiroshima [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|ひろしま}} 広(ひろ)島(しま) • (Hiroshima)
  1. Hiroshima (the capital city of Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan) Categories (place): Cities in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, Cities in Japan, Places in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, Places in Japan
    Sense id: en-広島-ja-name-ywCuIaiP Categories (other): Hiroshima, Prefectural capitals of Japan, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 49 15 36 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 49 15 36 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 41 26 34 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 49 15 36
  2. Hiroshima (a prefecture in southwestern Honshu, Japan) Categories (place): Places in Japan, Prefectures of Japan
    Sense id: en-広島-ja-name-GHU55YZ3 Categories (other): Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 41 26 34
  3. Hiroshima (an island in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan) Categories (place): Places in Japan, Places in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
    Sense id: en-広島-ja-name-Is-62r8I Categories (other): Islands, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Nuclear warfare Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 24 14 62 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 41 26 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 18 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 8 75 Disambiguation of Nuclear warfare: 17 4 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ヒロシマ (english: Hiroshima), 広島県 (ruby: (ひろ), 島県(しまけん)) (english: Hiroshima-ken), 広島市 (Hiroshima-shi) (ruby: (ひろ), 島市(しまし))

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "広島",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "広",
          "ひろ"
        ],
        [
          "島",
          "しま"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hiroshima",
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        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "name",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "word": "ヒロシマ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "Hiroshima-ken",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "広",
          "ひろ"
        ],
        [
          "島県",
          "しまけん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "広島県"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "Hiroshima-shi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "広",
          "ひろ"
        ],
        [
          "島市",
          "しまし"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "広島市"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
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          "Japan",
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      "other": "ひろしま"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[çiɾo̞ɕima̠]"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese proper nouns",
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    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
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    "Japanese terms with audio pronunciation",
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          "広",
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          "広",
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          "島県",
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          "広",
          "ひろ"
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    }
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    },
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    }
  ],
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}

Download raw JSONL data for 広島 meaning in Japanese (2.2kB)

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