"日曜" meaning in Japanese

See 日曜 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɲ̟it͡ɕijo̞ː] Forms: 日曜 [canonical] (ruby: 日(にち), 曜(よう)), nichiyō [romanization], nitieu [romanization], にちえう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Originally it meant the sun. Head templates: {{ja-noun|にちよう|hhira=にちえう}} 日(にち)曜(よう) • (nichiyō) ^(←にちえう (nitieu)?)
  1. (archaic) the sun Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-日曜-ja-noun--Z-Zba9F 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 non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Days of the week Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 50 50 Disambiguation of Days of the week: 50 50
  2. Sunday
    Sense id: en-日曜-ja-noun-hz~vdg5d 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 non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Days of the week Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 50 50 Disambiguation of Days of the week: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 日曜日 (nichiyōbi) (ruby: 日曜日(にちようび)) Related terms: 七曜 (shichiyō) (ruby: 七曜(しちよう)) (english: a week) 
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "日曜",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "日",
          "にち"
        ],
        [
          "曜",
          "よう"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nichiyō",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitieu",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "にちえう",
      "roman": "nitieu",
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        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "にちよう",
        "hhira": "にちえう"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "a week",
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        ]
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      ],
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      ],
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "にちよー"
    },
    {
      "other": "にちよー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɲ̟it͡ɕijo̞ː]"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "nichiyōbi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "日曜日",
          "にちようび"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "日曜日"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Amoghavajra"
  ],
  "word": "日曜"
}

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    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
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    {
      "form": "日曜",
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        [
          "日",
          "にち"
        ],
        [
          "曜",
          "よう"
        ]
      ],
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      "form": "にちえう",
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "english": "a week",
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        ]
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        "(archaic) the sun"
      ],
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      "other": "にちよー"
    },
    {
      "other": "にちよー"
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    {
      "ipa": "[ɲ̟it͡ɕijo̞ː]"
    }
  ],
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        ]
      ],
      "word": "日曜日"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Amoghavajra"
  ],
  "word": "日曜"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 日曜 meaning in Japanese (1.7kB)

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  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
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