"戸惑い" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [to̞ma̠do̞i] Forms: 戸惑い [canonical] (ruby: (), (まど)), tomadoi [romanization], tomadofi [romanization], とまどひ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From the idea that in the middle of the night, a half-asleep person might get confused and enter the wrong room. Head templates: {{ja-noun|とまどい|hhira=とまどひ}} 戸(と)惑(まど)い • (tomadoi) ^(←とまどひ (tomadofi)?)
  1. getting lost, losing one's bearings
    Sense id: en-戸惑い-ja-noun-gxW-JkAZ Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 76 11 11 2 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 60 19 18 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 66 16 15 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 47 39 7 8 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 66 16 15 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 93 5 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 4 2 2
  2. discomfort, embarrassment
    Sense id: en-戸惑い-ja-noun-33TsLTVP Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 47 39 7 8
  3. confusion, perplexity
    Sense id: en-戸惑い-ja-noun-96wE2410
  4. wonderment
    Sense id: en-戸惑い-ja-noun-hao6qiNB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 戸惑う (tomadou) (ruby: 戸惑(とまど))
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  "etymology_text": "From the idea that in the middle of the night, a half-asleep person might get confused and enter the wrong room.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "戸惑い",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "戸",
          "と"
        ],
        [
          "惑",
          "まど"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tomadoi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tomadofi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とまどひ",
      "roman": "tomadofi",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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        "1": "とまどい",
        "hhira": "とまどひ"
      },
      "expansion": "戸(と)惑(まど)い • (tomadoi) ^(←とまどひ (tomadofi)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "tomadou",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "戸惑",
          "とまど"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "戸惑う"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "76 11 11 2",
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          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "_dis": "60 19 18 3",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "66 16 15 3",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 39 7 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "66 16 15 3",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 4 2 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "getting lost, losing one's bearings"
      ],
      "id": "en-戸惑い-ja-noun-gxW-JkAZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "lost",
          "lost"
        ],
        [
          "bearings",
          "bearings"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "47 39 7 8",
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          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "discomfort, embarrassment"
      ],
      "id": "en-戸惑い-ja-noun-33TsLTVP",
      "links": [
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          "discomfort",
          "discomfort"
        ],
        [
          "embarrassment",
          "embarrassment"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "confusion, perplexity"
      ],
      "id": "en-戸惑い-ja-noun-96wE2410",
      "links": [
        [
          "confusion",
          "confusion"
        ],
        [
          "perplexity",
          "perplexity"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wonderment"
      ],
      "id": "en-戸惑い-ja-noun-hao6qiNB",
      "links": [
        [
          "wonderment",
          "wonderment"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "とまどい"
    },
    {
      "other": "とまどい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[to̞ma̠do̞i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "戸惑い"
}
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    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the idea that in the middle of the night, a half-asleep person might get confused and enter the wrong room.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "戸惑い",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "戸",
          "と"
        ],
        [
          "惑",
          "まど"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tomadoi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tomadofi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とまどひ",
      "roman": "tomadofi",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "hhira": "とまどひ"
      },
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      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "tomadou",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "戸惑",
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        ]
      ],
      "word": "戸惑う"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "getting lost, losing one's bearings"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "lost",
          "lost"
        ],
        [
          "bearings",
          "bearings"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "discomfort, embarrassment"
      ],
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          "discomfort",
          "discomfort"
        ],
        [
          "embarrassment",
          "embarrassment"
        ]
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    },
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      "glosses": [
        "confusion, perplexity"
      ],
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          "confusion",
          "confusion"
        ],
        [
          "perplexity",
          "perplexity"
        ]
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wonderment"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wonderment",
          "wonderment"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "とまどい"
    },
    {
      "other": "とまどい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[to̞ma̠do̞i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "戸惑い"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 戸惑い meaning in Japanese (1.7kB)

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