"手ぶら" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [te̞bɯ̟ɾa̠] Forms: 手ぶら [canonical] (ruby: ()), tebura [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|てぶら}} 手(て)ぶら • (tebura)
  1. empty-handed
    Sense id: en-手ぶら-ja-noun-FO~vFaW1 Categories (other): Chinese terms with non-redundant manual script codes, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 69 31 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 77 23 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8
  2. (specifically) without gifts Tags: specifically
    Sense id: en-手ぶら-ja-noun-FZDk0BP0 Categories (other): Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 37 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms (not to be confused with): 手ブラ (tebura) (ruby: ()) (english: handbra)
Disambiguation of 'not to be confused with': 51 49
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    },
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "english": "He went fishing but came back the afternoon empty-handed",
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          "roman": "kare wa sakanatsuri ni itta ga , yūgata tebura de kaette kita",
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            [
              "彼",
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            ],
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              "魚釣",
              "さかなつ"
            ],
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              "い"
            ],
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              "夕方",
              "ゆうがた"
            ],
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              "手",
              "て"
            ],
            [
              "帰",
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            ],
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              "き"
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        "(specifically) without gifts"
      ],
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    },
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      "ipa": "[te̞bɯ̟ɾa̠]"
    }
  ],
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    "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
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        ]
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      "word": "手ブラ"
    }
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          "roman": "kare wa sakanatsuri ni itta ga , yūgata tebura de kaette kita",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "彼",
              "かれ"
            ],
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              "魚釣",
              "さかなつ"
            ],
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              "行",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "夕方",
              "ゆうがた"
            ],
            [
              "手",
              "て"
            ],
            [
              "帰",
              "かえ"
            ],
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              "来",
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            ]
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        "empty-handed"
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        "without gifts"
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          "gift",
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        "(specifically) without gifts"
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      "other": "てぶら"
    },
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    }
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}

Download raw JSONL data for 手ぶら meaning in Japanese (1.9kB)

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  "trace": ""
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