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{
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"lang_code": "ja",
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{
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"kind": "other",
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},
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"Terms with redundant transliterations",
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"kanji",
"no-gloss"
]
}
],
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}
{
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{
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"文",
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[
"句",
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]
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{
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"roman": "kumon",
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[
"公",
"く"
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[
"文",
"もん"
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],
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},
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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"ruby": [
[
"文",
"もん"
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[
"言",
"ごん"
]
],
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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[
"文",
"も"
],
[
"字",
"じ"
]
],
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}
],
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
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"3": "",
"4": "ornate; a kind of coin; language, literature, a letter, a character",
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},
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}
],
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{
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"文",
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{
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"romanization"
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}
],
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{
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},
"expansion": "文(もん) • (mon)",
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}
],
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{
"glosses": [
"the mon, an old currency"
],
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"links": [
[
"currency",
"currency"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
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"_dis": "0 5 9 0 3 0 0 4 5 4 0 1 1 0 3 0 3 3 2 2 6 0 1 1 1 9 8 2 8 8 8",
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"Entries with incorrect language header",
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{
"_dis": "0 4 8 0 4 0 1 3 6 6 1 2 2 1 4 1 4 3 2 1 7 0 1 1 1 7 7 2 6 7 7",
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"name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
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"Links with redundant wikilinks",
"Entry maintenance"
],
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},
{
"_dis": "0 4 8 0 4 1 2 3 4 4 1 2 2 2 4 1 2 3 3 3 6 0 2 1 2 7 7 3 6 6 7",
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"Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
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},
{
"_dis": "19 38 1 22 2 3 15",
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"Terms with redundant sortkeys",
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}
],
"glosses": [
"a unit of length for measuring the size of one's foot (from the way that the mon coins would be lined up and used as a kind of inch marker)"
],
"id": "en-文-ja-noun-l-kHO~am",
"links": [
[
"length",
"length"
],
[
"inch",
"inch"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a character, a letter"
],
"id": "en-文-ja-noun-Bzrcg51P",
"links": [
[
"character",
"character"
],
[
"letter",
"letter"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"writing, something written"
],
"id": "en-文-ja-noun-GGtz6FTT",
"links": [
[
"writing",
"writing"
],
[
"written",
"written"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a magical spell"
],
"id": "en-文-ja-noun-vmsjK6v2",
"links": [
[
"magical",
"magical"
],
[
"spell",
"spell"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a design, a pattern"
],
"id": "en-文-ja-noun-PAyjXdgP",
"links": [
[
"紋",
"紋#Japanese"
],
[
"design",
"design"
],
[
"pattern",
"pattern"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(also spelled 紋) a design, a pattern"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”)"
],
"id": "en-文-ja-noun-USYrjnKT",
"links": [
[
"紋",
"紋#Japanese"
],
[
"家紋",
"家紋#Japanese"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(also spelled 紋) a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”)"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "もん"
},
{
"ipa": "[mõ̞ɴ]"
}
],
"word": "文"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "bun'an",
"topics": [
"advertising",
"marketing",
"business"
],
"word": "文案: a copy"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"topics": [
"advertising",
"marketing",
"business"
],
"word": "copywriter"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "secretary"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "official document"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "bun'i",
"ruby": [
[
"文",
"ぶん"
],
[
"意",
"い"
]
],
"topics": [
"grammar",
"linguistics",
"human-sciences",
"sciences"
],
"word": "文意: semantics"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "bunka",
"word": "文化: culture"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "cultural"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "a civil servant, a public official",
"roman": "bunkan",
"ruby": [
[
"文",
"ぶん"
],
[
"官",
"かん"
]
],
"word": "文官"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "bungaku",
"ruby": [
[
"文",
"ぶん"
],
[
"学",
"がく"
]
],
"word": "文学: literature"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "art and culture",
"roman": "bungei",
"ruby": [
[
"文",
"ぶん"
],
[
"芸",
"げい"
]
],
"word": "文芸"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "bungen",
"word": "文言: the phrasing"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wording of a piece of writing"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "in Chinese contexts"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "the written style"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "register as opposed to the spoken style"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "register"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "leading writer, author",
"roman": "bungō",
"ruby": [
[
"文",
"ぶん"
],
[
"豪",
"ごう"
]
],
"word": "文豪"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "writing talent",
"roman": "bunsai",
"ruby": [
[
"文",
"ぶん"
],
[
"才",
"さい"
]
],
"word": "文才"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "bunsho",
"word": "文書: document"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "written record"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "letter"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "epistle"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "grammatical",
"roman": "bunshō",
"word": "文章: sentence"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "writing"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "essay"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "composition"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "writing style"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "a male given name",
"word": "Fumiaki"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "bunjin",
"word": "文人: intellectual"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "a male given name",
"word": "Fumihito"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "for the contents of a document",
"roman": "bunseki",
"ruby": [
[
"文",
"ぶん"
],
[
"責",
"せき"
]
],
"word": "文責: author's responsibility"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "writing style",
"roman": "buntai",
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[
"文",
"ぶん"
],
[
"体",
"たい"
]
],
"word": "文体"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "writing, literary work, literature",
"roman": "bunpitsu",
"ruby": [
[
"文",
"ぶん"
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[
"筆",
"ぴつ"
]
],
"word": "文筆"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "bunpō",
"ruby": [
[
"文",
"ぶん"
],
[
"法",
"ぽう"
]
],
"word": "文法: grammar"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "end of a document",
"roman": "bunmatsu",
"ruby": [
[
"文",
"ぶん"
],
[
"末",
"まつ"
]
],
"word": "文末"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "genre",
"roman": "bunmyaku",
"ruby": [
[
"文",
"ぶん"
],
[
"脈",
"みゃく"
]
],
"word": "文脈"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "civilian",
"roman": "bunmin",
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[
"文",
"ぶん"
],
[
"民",
"みん"
]
],
"word": "文民"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
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[
"文",
"ぶん"
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[
"明",
"めい"
]
],
"word": "文明"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "content of a document",
"roman": "bunmen",
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[
"文",
"ぶん"
],
[
"面",
"めん"
]
],
"word": "文面"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "thesis",
"roman": "ronbun",
"ruby": [
[
"論",
"ろん"
],
[
"文",
"ぶん"
]
],
"word": "論文"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "a Ph.D. thesis",
"roman": "hakushi ronbun",
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[
"博",
"はく"
],
[
"士",
"し"
],
[
"論",
"ろん"
],
[
"文",
"ぶん"
]
],
"word": "博士論文"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "Rebun Island",
"roman": "rebuntō",
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[
"礼",
"れ"
],
[
"文",
"ぶん"
],
[
"島",
"とう"
]
],
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}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "hak",
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},
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],
"etymology_text": "A later borrowing from Middle Chinese. Compare modern Min Nan reading bûn, Hakka vûn.",
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{
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[
"文",
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"sentence",
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"writing",
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"composition",
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"glosses": [
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[
"design",
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"pattern",
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[
"decoration",
"decoration"
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"literature",
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"learning",
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"scholarship",
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"elegance, refinement (especially of writing or wording)"
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[
"elegance",
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"refinement",
"refinement"
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"saying",
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[
"aphorism",
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[
"proverb",
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"Rebun Island"
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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "a love letter",
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"恋",
"こい"
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[
"文",
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"1": "ja",
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"文",
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"writing",
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"written",
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"epistle",
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{
"_dis1": "8 83 6 3",
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[
"手",
"て"
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[
"紙",
"がみ"
]
],
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"letter"
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"word": "手紙"
}
]
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],
"glosses": [
"study, scholarship (especially of classical Chinese)"
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"study",
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[
"scholarship",
"scholarship"
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],
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"(archaic) study, scholarship (especially of classical Chinese)"
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"archaic"
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{
"glosses": [
"a style of 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”)"
],
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[
"家紋",
"家紋#Japanese"
]
]
}
],
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{
"other": "ふみ"
},
{
"ipa": "[ɸɯ̟ᵝmʲi]"
}
],
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"Heian period",
"The Tale of Genji",
"ja:大辞林",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.