"施す" meaning in Japanese

See 施す in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [ho̞do̞ko̞sɨ]
Etymology: Cognate with Japanese 解く (hodoku). Etymology templates: {{cog|ja|解く|tr=hodoku}} Japanese 解く (hodoku) Head templates: {{ja-verb|ほどこす|tr=trans|type=1}} 施(ほどこ)す • (hodokosu) transitive godan (stem 施(ほどこ)し (hodokoshi), past 施(ほどこ)した (hodokoshita)) Forms: 施す [canonical] (ruby: (ほどこ)), hodokosu [romanization], 施し [stem] (ruby: (ほどこ)), 施した [past] (ruby: (ほどこ)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 施さ [error-unrecognized-form], ほどこさ [error-unrecognized-form], hodokosa [error-unrecognized-form], 施し [error-unrecognized-form], ほどこし [error-unrecognized-form], hodokoshi [error-unrecognized-form], 施す [error-unrecognized-form], ほどこす [error-unrecognized-form], hodokosu [error-unrecognized-form], 施せ [error-unrecognized-form], ほどこせ [error-unrecognized-form], hodokose [error-unrecognized-form], 施される [passive], ほどこされる [passive], hodokosareru [passive], 施させる [causative], 施さす [causative], ほどこさせる [causative], ほどこさす [causative], hodokosaseru [causative], hodokosasu [causative], 施せる [potential], ほどこせる [potential], hodokoseru [potential], 施そう [volitional], ほどこそう [volitional], hodokosō [volitional], 施さない [negative], ほどこさない [negative], hodokosanai [negative], 施さず [continuative, negative], ほどこさず [continuative, negative], hodokosazu [continuative, negative], 施します [formal], ほどこします [formal], hodokoshimasu [formal], 施した [perfective], ほどこした [perfective], hodokoshita [perfective], 施して [conjunctive], ほどこして [conjunctive], hodokoshite [conjunctive], 施せば [conditional, hypothetical], ほどこせば [conditional, hypothetical], hodokoseba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to donate, to give
    Sense id: en-施す-ja-verb-0sQFXwNx Categories (other): Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47
  2. to perform, to engage in, to do, to try
    Sense id: en-施す-ja-verb--DXTQJvG Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -su, 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 sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -su: 42 58 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 43 57 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 33 67 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 35 65 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 施し (hodokoshi) (ruby: (ほどこ))

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "hodokoshi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "施",
          "ほどこ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "施し"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "解く",
        "tr": "hodoku"
      },
      "expansion": "Japanese 解く (hodoku)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Japanese 解く (hodoku).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "施す",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "施",
          "ほどこ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hodokosu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "施し",
      "roman": "hodokoshi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "施",
          "ほどこ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "施した",
      "roman": "hodokoshita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "施",
          "ほどこ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-su",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "施さ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほどこさ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hodokosa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "施し",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほどこし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hodokoshi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "施す",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほどこす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hodokosu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "施せ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほどこせ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hodokose",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "施される",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほどこされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hodokosareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "施させる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "施さす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほどこさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほどこさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hodokosaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hodokosasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "施せる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほどこせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hodokoseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "施そう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほどこそう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hodokosō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "施さない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほどこさない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hodokosanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "施さず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほどこさず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hodokosazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "施します",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほどこします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hodokoshimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "施した",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほどこした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hodokoshita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "施して",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほどこして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hodokoshite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "施せば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほどこせば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hodokoseba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ほどこす",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "施(ほどこ)す • (hodokosu) transitive godan (stem 施(ほどこ)し (hodokoshi), past 施(ほどこ)した (hodokoshita))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to donate, to give"
      ],
      "id": "en-施す-ja-verb-0sQFXwNx",
      "links": [
        [
          "donate",
          "donate"
        ],
        [
          "give",
          "give"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "31 69",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 58",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -su",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 57",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 67",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 65",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 65",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to perform, to engage in, to do, to try"
      ],
      "id": "en-施す-ja-verb--DXTQJvG",
      "links": [
        [
          "perform",
          "perform"
        ],
        [
          "engage",
          "engage"
        ],
        [
          "do",
          "do"
        ],
        [
          "try",
          "try"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ほどこす"
    },
    {
      "other": "ほどこす"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ho̞do̞ko̞sɨ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "施す"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese godan verbs",
    "Japanese godan verbs ending with -su",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese transitive verbs",
    "Japanese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "hodokoshi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "施",
          "ほどこ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "施し"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "解く",
        "tr": "hodoku"
      },
      "expansion": "Japanese 解く (hodoku)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Japanese 解く (hodoku).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "施す",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "施",
          "ほどこ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hodokosu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "施し",
      "roman": "hodokoshi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "施",
          "ほどこ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "施した",
      "roman": "hodokoshita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "施",
          "ほどこ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-su",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "施さ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほどこさ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hodokosa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "施し",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほどこし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hodokoshi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "施す",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほどこす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hodokosu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "施せ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほどこせ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hodokose",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "施される",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほどこされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hodokosareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "施させる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "施さす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほどこさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほどこさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hodokosaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hodokosasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "施せる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほどこせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hodokoseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "施そう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほどこそう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hodokosō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "施さない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほどこさない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hodokosanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "施さず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほどこさず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hodokosazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "施します",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほどこします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hodokoshimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "施した",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほどこした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hodokoshita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "施して",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほどこして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hodokoshite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "施せば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほどこせば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hodokoseba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ほどこす",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "施(ほどこ)す • (hodokosu) transitive godan (stem 施(ほどこ)し (hodokoshi), past 施(ほどこ)した (hodokoshita))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to donate, to give"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "donate",
          "donate"
        ],
        [
          "give",
          "give"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to perform, to engage in, to do, to try"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "perform",
          "perform"
        ],
        [
          "engage",
          "engage"
        ],
        [
          "do",
          "do"
        ],
        [
          "try",
          "try"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ほどこす"
    },
    {
      "other": "ほどこす"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ho̞do̞ko̞sɨ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "施す"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 施す meaning in Japanese (5.4kB)

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  "path": [
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  "section": "Japanese",
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  "title": "施す",
  "trace": ""
}

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

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  "path": [
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  ],
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  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "施す",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Shūshikei (\"terminal\")'",
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  ],
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  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "施す",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "施す",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Kateikei (\"hypothetical\")'",
  "path": [
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  ],
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  "subsection": "verb",
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  "trace": ""
}

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

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