"指向" meaning in Japanese

See 指向 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: 指向 [canonical] (ruby: (), (こう)), shikō [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|しこう}} 指(し)向(こう) • (shikō)
  1. being oriented towards
    Sense id: en-指向-ja-noun-wikVMxdD 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 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 68 32 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 68 32 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 57 43 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 63 37

Verb

Head templates: {{ja-verb-suru|しこう|tr=trans}} 指(し)向(こう)する • (shikō suru) transitive suru (stem 指(し)向(こう)し (shikō shi), past 指(し)向(こう)した (shikō shita)) Forms: 指向する [canonical] (ruby: (), (こう)), shikō suru [romanization], 指向し [stem] (ruby: (), (こう)), 指向した [past] (ruby: (), (こう)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 指向し [error-unrecognized-form], しこうし [error-unrecognized-form], shikō shi [error-unrecognized-form], 指向する [error-unrecognized-form], しこうする [error-unrecognized-form], shikō suru [error-unrecognized-form], 指向すれ [error-unrecognized-form], しこうすれ [error-unrecognized-form], shikō sure [error-unrecognized-form], 指向せよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], 指向しろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], しこうせよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], しこうしろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], shikō seyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], shikō shiro [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], 指向される [passive], しこうされる [passive], shikō sareru [passive], 指向させる [causative], 指向さす [causative], しこうさせる [causative], しこうさす [causative], shikō saseru [causative], shikō sasu [causative], 指向できる [potential], しこうできる [potential], shikō dekiru [potential], 指向しよう [volitional], しこうしよう [volitional], shikō shiyō [volitional], 指向しない [negative], しこうしない [negative], shikō shinai [negative], 指向せず [continuative, negative], しこうせず [continuative, negative], shikō sezu [continuative, negative], 指向します [formal], しこうします [formal], shikō shimasu [formal], 指向した [perfective], しこうした [perfective], shikō shita [perfective], 指向して [conjunctive], しこうして [conjunctive], shikō shite [conjunctive], 指向すれば [conditional, hypothetical], しこうすれば [conditional, hypothetical], shikō sureba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. point to
    Sense id: en-指向-ja-verb-LyuB4i05
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      "form": "指向",
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        [
          "指",
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        ],
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
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      "form": "shikō",
      "tags": [
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "68 32",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "68 32",
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          "_dis": "57 43",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "63 37",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "being oriented towards"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "oriented",
          "oriented"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "指向する",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "指",
          "し"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "form": "shikō suru",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "指向し",
      "roman": "shikō shi",
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          "指",
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          "向",
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        [
          "向",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "指向し",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しこうし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikō shi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "指向する",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しこうする",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikō suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "指向すれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しこうすれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikō sure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "指向せよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "指向しろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しこうせよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しこうしろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikō seyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikō shiro",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "指向される",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しこうされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikō sareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "指向させる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "指向さす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しこうさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しこうさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikō saseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikō sasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "指向できる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しこうできる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikō dekiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "指向しよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しこうしよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikō shiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "指向しない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しこうしない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikō shinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "指向せず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しこうせず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikō sezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "指向します",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しこうします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikō shimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "指向した",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しこうした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikō shita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "指向して",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しこうして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikō shite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "指向すれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しこうすれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikō sureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "しこう",
        "tr": "trans"
      },
      "expansion": "指(し)向(こう)する • (shikō suru) transitive suru (stem 指(し)向(こう)し (shikō shi), past 指(し)向(こう)した (shikō shita))",
      "name": "ja-verb-suru"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "point to"
      ],
      "id": "en-指向-ja-verb-LyuB4i05",
      "links": [
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "指向"
}
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    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese suru verbs",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese transitive verbs",
    "Japanese verbs",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
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      "ruby": [
        [
          "指",
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          "向",
          "こう"
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "being oriented towards"
      ],
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        [
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  ],
  "word": "指向"
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          "指",
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        [
          "向",
          "こう"
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      "form": "指向した",
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          "向",
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    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "form": "ja-suru",
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    },
    {
      "form": "指向し",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
      "form": "しこうし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikō shi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "指向する",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "しこうする",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
      "form": "shikō suru",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "指向すれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しこうすれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikō sure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "指向せよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
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    },
    {
      "form": "指向しろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "しこうせよ",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
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      "form": "しこうしろ",
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      "tags": [
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "shikō seyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "imperative",
        "literary"
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    },
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      "form": "shikō shiro",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "指向される",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しこうされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikō sareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "指向させる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "指向さす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しこうさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しこうさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikō saseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikō sasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "指向できる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しこうできる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikō dekiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "指向しよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しこうしよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikō shiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "指向しない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しこうしない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikō shinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "指向せず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しこうせず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikō sezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "指向します",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しこうします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikō shimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "指向した",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しこうした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikō shita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "指向して",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しこうして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikō shite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "指向すれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しこうすれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikō sureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "しこう",
        "tr": "trans"
      },
      "expansion": "指(し)向(こう)する • (shikō suru) transitive suru (stem 指(し)向(こう)し (shikō shi), past 指(し)向(こう)した (shikō shita))",
      "name": "ja-verb-suru"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "point to"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "指向"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 指向 meaning in Japanese (6.2kB)

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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "指向",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Mizenkei (\"imperfective\")'",
  "path": [
    "指向"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
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  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
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  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "指向",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Shūshikei (\"terminal\")'",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "指向",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Rentaikei (\"attributive\")'",
  "path": [
    "指向"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "指向",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Kateikei (\"hypothetical\")'",
  "path": [
    "指向"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "指向",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
  "path": [
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  ],
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  "subsection": "verb",
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  "trace": ""
}

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