"教える" meaning in Japanese

See 教える in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [o̞ɕie̞ɾɯ̟]
Etymology: Considered as related to 愛(お)しむ (oshimu), but is morphologically problematic. Etymology templates: {{ja-r|愛しむ|おしむ}} 愛(お)しむ (oshimu) Head templates: {{ja-verb|おしえる|hhira=をしへる|tr=trans|type=2}} 教(おし)える • (oshieru) ^(←をしへる (wosiferu)?)transitive ichidan (stem 教(おし)え (oshie), past 教(おし)えた (oshieta)) Forms: 教える [canonical] (ruby: (おし)), oshieru [romanization], wosiferu [romanization], 教え [stem] (ruby: (おし)), 教えた [past] (ruby: (おし)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 教え [error-unrecognized-form], おしえ [error-unrecognized-form], oshie [error-unrecognized-form], 教える [error-unrecognized-form], おしえる [error-unrecognized-form], oshieru [error-unrecognized-form], 教えれ [error-unrecognized-form], おしえれ [error-unrecognized-form], oshiere [error-unrecognized-form], 教えよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], 教えろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], おしえよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], おしえろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], oshieyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], oshiero [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], 教えられる [passive], おしえられる [passive], oshierareru [passive], 教えさせる [causative], 教えさす [causative], おしえさせる [causative], おしえさす [causative], oshiesaseru [causative], oshiesasu [causative], 教えられる [potential], 教えれる [colloquial, potential], おしえられる [potential], おしえれる [colloquial, potential], oshierareru [potential], oshiereru [colloquial, potential], 教えよう [volitional], おしえよう [volitional], oshieyō [volitional], 教えない [negative], 教えぬ [negative], 教えん [negative], おしえない [negative], おしえぬ [negative], おしえん [negative], oshienai [negative], oshienu [negative], oshien [negative], 教えず [continuative, negative], おしえず [continuative, negative], oshiezu [continuative, negative], 教えます [formal], おしえます [formal], oshiemasu [formal], 教えた [perfective], おしえた [perfective], oshieta [perfective], 教えて [conjunctive], おしえて [conjunctive], oshiete [conjunctive], 教えれば [conditional, hypothetical], おしえれば [conditional, hypothetical], oshiereba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to inform, to teach, to instruct
    Sense id: en-教える-ja-verb-NX65oVGs Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 61 39 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 60 40 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 60 40 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 60 40 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant script codes: 59 41 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53
  2. to tell
    Sense id: en-教える-ja-verb-cQpNzvhp Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 背中で教える (senaka de oshieru) (ruby: (), (なか), (おし)) (english: to teach by example; to teach by showing; to teach with one's back) [literally]
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to teach by example; to teach by showing; to teach with one's back",
      "roman": "senaka de oshieru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "背",
          "せ"
        ],
        [
          "中",
          "なか"
        ],
        [
          "教",
          "おし"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "背中で教える"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "愛しむ",
        "2": "おしむ"
      },
      "expansion": "愛(お)しむ (oshimu)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Considered as related to 愛(お)しむ (oshimu), but is morphologically problematic.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "教える",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "教",
          "おし"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oshieru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wosiferu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "教え",
      "roman": "oshie",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "教",
          "おし"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "教えた",
      "roman": "oshieta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "教",
          "おし"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-ichi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "教え",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おしえ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oshie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "教える",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おしえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oshieru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "教えれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おしえれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oshiere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "教えよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "教えろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おしえよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おしえろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oshieyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oshiero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "教えられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おしえられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oshierareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "教えさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "教えさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おしえさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おしえさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oshiesaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oshiesasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "教えられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "教えれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おしえられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おしえれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oshierareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oshiereru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "教えよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おしえよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oshieyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "教えない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "教えぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "教えん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おしえない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おしえぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おしえん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oshienai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oshienu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oshien",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "教えず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おしえず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oshiezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "教えます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おしえます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oshiemasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "教えた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おしえた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oshieta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "教えて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おしえて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oshiete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "教えれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おしえれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oshiereba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "おしえる",
        "hhira": "をしへる",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "教(おし)える • (oshieru) ^(←をしへる (wosiferu)?)transitive ichidan (stem 教(おし)え (oshie), past 教(おし)えた (oshieta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "59 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "61 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "60 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "60 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "60 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "59 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "60 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              23,
              30
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Teach me how to play this game.",
          "roman": "Sono gēmu no shikata o oshiete kudasai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "仕",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "方",
              "かた"
            ],
            [
              "教",
              "おし"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "そのゲームの仕方を教えてください。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "To teach English.",
          "roman": "Eigo o oshieru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "英",
              "えい"
            ],
            [
              "語",
              "ご"
            ],
            [
              "教",
              "おし"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "英語を教える。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to inform, to teach, to instruct"
      ],
      "id": "en-教える-ja-verb-NX65oVGs",
      "links": [
        [
          "inform",
          "inform"
        ],
        [
          "teach",
          "teach"
        ],
        [
          "instruct",
          "instruct"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              27,
              34
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Please tell me your name.",
          "roman": "Watashi ni kimi no namae o oshiete kudasai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "私",
              "わたし"
            ],
            [
              "君",
              "きみ"
            ],
            [
              "名",
              "な"
            ],
            [
              "前",
              "まえ"
            ],
            [
              "教",
              "おし"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "私に君の名前を教えてください。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              16,
              23
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Tell me the truth.",
          "roman": "Hontō no koto o oshiete.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "本",
              "ほん"
            ],
            [
              "当",
              "とう"
            ],
            [
              "教",
              "おし"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "本当のことを教えて。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to tell"
      ],
      "id": "en-教える-ja-verb-cQpNzvhp",
      "links": [
        [
          "tell",
          "tell"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "おしえる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[o̞ɕie̞ɾɯ̟]"
    },
    {
      "other": "[óshíérú]",
      "tags": [
        "Kyoto"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten",
    "Shōgakukan",
    "Tokyo",
    "ja:小学館",
    "ja:日本国語大辞典"
  ],
  "word": "教える"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese ichidan verbs",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese shimo ichidan verbs",
    "Japanese terms historically spelled with を",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese transitive verbs",
    "Japanese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "to teach by example; to teach by showing; to teach with one's back",
      "roman": "senaka de oshieru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "背",
          "せ"
        ],
        [
          "中",
          "なか"
        ],
        [
          "教",
          "おし"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "背中で教える"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "愛しむ",
        "2": "おしむ"
      },
      "expansion": "愛(お)しむ (oshimu)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Considered as related to 愛(お)しむ (oshimu), but is morphologically problematic.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "教える",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "教",
          "おし"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oshieru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wosiferu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "教え",
      "roman": "oshie",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "教",
          "おし"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "教えた",
      "roman": "oshieta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "教",
          "おし"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-ichi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "教え",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おしえ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oshie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "教える",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おしえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oshieru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "教えれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おしえれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oshiere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "教えよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "教えろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おしえよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おしえろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oshieyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oshiero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "教えられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おしえられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oshierareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "教えさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "教えさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おしえさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おしえさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oshiesaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oshiesasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "教えられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "教えれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おしえられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おしえれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oshierareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oshiereru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "教えよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おしえよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oshieyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "教えない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "教えぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "教えん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おしえない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おしえぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おしえん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oshienai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oshienu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oshien",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "教えず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おしえず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oshiezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "教えます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おしえます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oshiemasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "教えた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おしえた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oshieta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "教えて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おしえて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oshiete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "教えれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おしえれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oshiereba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "おしえる",
        "hhira": "をしへる",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "教(おし)える • (oshieru) ^(←をしへる (wosiferu)?)transitive ichidan (stem 教(おし)え (oshie), past 教(おし)えた (oshieta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
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              0,
              5
            ]
          ],
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              23,
              30
            ]
          ],
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            [
              9,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Teach me how to play this game.",
          "roman": "Sono gēmu no shikata o oshiete kudasai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "仕",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "方",
              "かた"
            ],
            [
              "教",
              "おし"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "そのゲームの仕方を教えてください。",
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        },
        {
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              3,
              8
            ]
          ],
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              3,
              6
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          "english": "To teach English.",
          "roman": "Eigo o oshieru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "英",
              "えい"
            ],
            [
              "語",
              "ご"
            ],
            [
              "教",
              "おし"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "英語を教える。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to inform, to teach, to instruct"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inform",
          "inform"
        ],
        [
          "teach",
          "teach"
        ],
        [
          "instruct",
          "instruct"
        ]
      ]
    },
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              27,
              34
            ]
          ],
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              7,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Please tell me your name.",
          "roman": "Watashi ni kimi no namae o oshiete kudasai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "私",
              "わたし"
            ],
            [
              "君",
              "きみ"
            ],
            [
              "名",
              "な"
            ],
            [
              "前",
              "まえ"
            ],
            [
              "教",
              "おし"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "私に君の名前を教えてください。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
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              16,
              23
            ]
          ],
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              6,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Tell me the truth.",
          "roman": "Hontō no koto o oshiete.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "本",
              "ほん"
            ],
            [
              "当",
              "とう"
            ],
            [
              "教",
              "おし"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "本当のことを教えて。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to tell"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tell",
          "tell"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "おしえる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[o̞ɕie̞ɾɯ̟]"
    },
    {
      "other": "[óshíérú]",
      "tags": [
        "Kyoto"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten",
    "Shōgakukan",
    "Tokyo",
    "ja:小学館",
    "ja:日本国語大辞典"
  ],
  "word": "教える"
}

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