"日本" meaning in Japanese

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Proper name

IPA: [ɲ̟ihõ̞ɴ] Forms: 日本 [canonical] (ruby: (), (ほん)), Nihon [romanization]
Etymology: /nitɨpoɴ/ → /nip̚poɴ/ → /niɸoɴ/ → /nihoɴ/ Coined in Japan of Sinic elements, as compound of 日 (nichi, “sun”) + 本 (hon, “origin”) and literally meaning "origin of the sun". The hon element was apparently pronounced /poɴ/ when first coined. Over time, the initial /p/ lenited, becoming /ɸ/ as shown in the Nifon entry in the 1603 Nippo Jisho ("Japanese-Portuguese Dictionary"). This then became the /h/ sound in modern Japanese. In older texts, this was read as kun'yomi as 日の本 (Hinomoto). The on'yomi readings Nippon and Nihon became more common in the Heian period, with both persisting into modern use. The Nihon reading appears to be the most common in everyday Japanese usage. This may be related to the famous letter from Prince Shōtoku to Emperor Yang of Sui sent via the Japanese mission to Sui China in 607, wherein we see the first mention of Japan as the Land of the Rising Sun, and a description of China as Land of the Setting Sun: : 日出處天子致書日沒處天子無恙云云 [Classical Chinese, trad.]日出处天子致书日没处天子无恙云云 [Classical Chinese, simp.] rì chū chù tiānzǐ zhìshū rì méi chù tiānzǐ wúyàng yúnyún [Pinyin] ...the son of heaven of the land of the rising sun sends a letter to the son of heaven of the place where the sun sets, for good health and so on. 日出處/日出处 (literally “sun + emerge + place”) here refers to Japan, while 日沒處/日没处 (literally “sun + sink + place”) refers to China. Etymology templates: {{com|ja|日|本|t1=sun|t2=origin|tr1=nichi|tr2=hon}} 日 (nichi, “sun”) + 本 (hon, “origin”), {{ll|ja|訓読み|kun'yomi}} kun'yomi, {{m|ja|日の本|tr=Hinomoto}} 日の本 (Hinomoto), {{ll|ja|音読み|on'yomi}} on'yomi, {{lang|ja|ニホンVSニッポン 「日本」の読み方、どっちが優勢?}} ニホンVSニッポン 「日本」の読み方、どっちが優勢?, {{m|en|Land of the Rising Sun}} Land of the Rising Sun, {{zh-x|日 出 處 天子 致書 日 沒 處 天子 無恙 云云|...the son of heaven of the land of the rising sun sends a letter to the son of heaven of the place where the sun sets, for good health and so on.|CL|collapsed=y|nocat=y}} 日出處天子致書日沒處天子無恙云云 [Classical Chinese, trad.]日出处天子致书日没处天子无恙云云 [Classical Chinese, simp.] rì chū chù tiānzǐ zhìshū rì méi chù tiānzǐ wúyàng yúnyún [Pinyin] ...the son of heaven of the land of the rising sun sends a letter to the son of heaven of the place where the sun sets, for good health and so on., {{m|zh|日出處|lit=sun + emerge + place}} 日出處/日出处 (literally “sun + emerge + place”), {{m|zh|日沒處|lit=sun + sink + place}} 日沒處/日没处 (literally “sun + sink + place”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|にほん}} 日(に)本(ほん) • (Nihon)
  1. Short for 日本国 (Nihon-koku): Japan (a country and archipelago in East Asia) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: 日本国 (extra: (Nihon-koku): Japan (a country and archipelago in East Asia)) Categories (place): Countries, Countries in Asia, Islands, Japan
    Sense id: en-日本-ja-name-ikK7OPs5 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 31 6 31 14 17 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 31 3 25 15 26 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 31 8 27 14 19 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 30 4 24 16 25 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 28 3 25 16 27 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 91 9
  2. a surname
    Sense id: en-日本-ja-name-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): Japanese surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: 日本一 (Nihon-ichi) (ruby: (), (ほん), (いち)), 日本海 (Nihonkai) (ruby: (), (ほん), (かい)), 日本語 (nihongo) (ruby: (), (ほん), ()), 日本鹿 (Nihon-jika) (ruby: (), (ホン), 鹿(ジカ)), 日本時間 (ruby: (), (ほん), (), (かん)) (english: Nihon Jikan), 日本式 (Nihon-shiki) (ruby: (), (ほん), (しき)), 日本酒 (nihonshu) (ruby: (), (ほん), (しゅ)), 日本中 (Nihon-jū) (ruby: (), (ほん), (じゅう)), 日本書紀 (ruby: (), (ほん), 書紀(しょき)) (english: Nihon Shoki), 日本食 (Nihon-shoku) (ruby: (), (ほん), (しょく)), 日本人 (nihonjin) (ruby: (), (ほん), (じん)), 日本刀 (nihontō) (ruby: (), (ほん), (とう)), 日本標準時 (Nihon Hyōjunji) (ruby: (), (ほん), (ひょう), (じゅん), ()), 日本料理 (ruby: (), (ほん), (りょう), ()) (taxonomic: Nihon ryōri), 北日本 (ruby: (きた), (), (ほん)) (english: Kita Nihon), 西南日本 (ruby: 西(せい), (なん), (), (ほん)) (english: Seinan Nihon), 大日本 (ruby: (だい), (), (ほん)) (english: Dai Nihon), 東北日本 (Tōhoku Nihon) (ruby: (とう), (ほく), (), (ほん)), 西日本 (ruby: 西(にし), (), (ほん)) (english: Nishi Nihon), 東日本 (ruby: (ひがし), (), (ほん)) (english: Higashi Nihon), 南日本 (ruby: (みなみ), (), (ほん)) (english: Minami Nihon)

Proper name

IPA: [ɲ̟ip̚põ̞ɴ] Forms: 日本 [canonical] (ruby: (にっ), (ぽん)), Nippon [romanization]
Etymology: /nitɨpoɴ/ → /nip̚poɴ/ Phonetic variant of Nihon above, maintaining the /p/ sound. Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|にっぽん}} 日(にっ)本(ぽん) • (Nippon)
  1. Short for 日本国 (Nippon-koku, “Japan”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: 日本国 (extra: Nippon-koku, “Japan”)
    Sense id: en-日本-ja-name-uzPB2Bls Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 31 6 31 14 17 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 31 3 25 15 26 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 22 2 45 11 19 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 31 8 27 14 19 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 30 4 24 16 25 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 28 3 25 16 27
  2. a surname
    Sense id: en-日本-ja-name-v2O7m9sM1 Categories (other): Japanese surnames, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 31 6 31 14 17 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 31 3 25 15 26 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 31 8 27 14 19 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 30 4 24 16 25 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 28 3 25 16 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 日本一 (Nippon-ichi) (ruby: (にっ), (ぽん), (いち)), 日本語 (Nippongo) (ruby: (にっ), (ぽん), ()), 日本国 (Nippon-koku) (ruby: (にっ), (ぽん), (こく)), 日本銀行 (Nippon Ginkō) (ruby: (にっ), (ぽん), (ぎん), (こう)), 日本中 (Nippon-jū) (ruby: (にっ), 本中(ぽんじゅう)), 日本人 (nipponjin) (ruby: (にっ), (ぽん), (じん)), 日本刀 (nippontō) (ruby: (にっ), (ぽん), (とう)), 大日本 (Dai Nippon) (ruby: (だい), (にっ), (ぽん))
Etymology number: 2

Proper name

IPA: [d͡ʑip̚põ̞ɴ] Forms: 日本 [canonical] (ruby: (じっ), (ぽん)), Jippon [romanization]
Etymology: */zitʉpon/ → /zip̚pon/ → /ʑip̚pon/ Uses the kan'on reading jitsu for 日, as compared to the goon reading nichi. First appears in texts from the early 1600s, notably the 1603 Japanese-Portuguese dictionary Nippo Jisho. Probably influenced by European-language terminology for the country, such as Portuguese Japão or Dutch Japan, in turn arising from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún) via Malay Jepun, or from Teochew 日本 (Ji̍k-púng) via Indonesian Malay Jepang. Etymology templates: {{l|ja|日}} 日, {{cog|pt|Japão}} Portuguese Japão, {{cog|nl|Japan}} Dutch Japan, {{cog|nan-hbl|日本|tr=Ji̍t-pún}} Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún), {{cog|ms|Jepun}} Malay Jepun, {{cog|nan-tws|日本|tr=Ji̍k-púng}} Teochew 日本 (Ji̍k-púng), {{cog|id|-}} Indonesian, {{cog|ms|Jepang}} Malay Jepang Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|じっぽん}} 日(じっ)本(ぽん) • (Jippon)
  1. (archaic) Japan Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-日本-ja-name-ZHKUODss Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 31 6 31 14 17 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 31 3 25 15 26 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 31 8 27 14 19 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 30 4 24 16 25 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 28 3 25 16 27 Coordinate_terms: 秋津島 (Akitsushima) (ruby: 秋津島(あきつしま)), 大八洲 (Ōyashima) (ruby: 大八洲(おおやしま)), 皇国 (kōkoku) (ruby: (こう), (こく)), ジパング (Jipangu), ジャップランド (Jappurando), ジャパン [Japan], 大東 (Daitō) (ruby: (だい), (とう)), 東洋 (Tōyō) (ruby: (とう), (よう)), 日東 (Nittō) (ruby: (にっ), (とう)), 日の本 (ruby: (), (もと)) (english: Hinomoto), 扶桑 (Fusō) (ruby: 扶桑(ふそう)), 瑞穂の国 (Mizuho no kuni) (ruby: (みず), (), (くに)), 大和, (Yamato), (Wa) (ruby: ())
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Alternative forms

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      "word": "日本刀"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Nihon Hyōjunji",
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        ],
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        ],
        [
          "標",
          "ひょう"
        ],
        [
          "準",
          "じゅん"
        ],
        [
          "時",
          "じ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "日本標準時"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        ],
        [
          "理",
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      "taxonomic": "Nihon ryōri",
      "word": "日本料理"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Kita Nihon",
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          "日",
          "に"
        ],
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          "本",
          "ほん"
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      ],
      "word": "北日本"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Seinan Nihon",
      "ruby": [
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          "西",
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        ],
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          "南",
          "なん"
        ],
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          "日",
          "に"
        ],
        [
          "本",
          "ほん"
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      ],
      "word": "西南日本"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Dai Nihon",
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          "日",
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      "roman": "Tōhoku Nihon",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Minami Nihon",
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          "日",
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          "本",
          "ほん"
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      ],
      "word": "南日本"
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          "args": {
            "1": "mul",
            "2": "nihonium",
            "bor": "y"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Translingual: nihonium",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Translingual: nihonium"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
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          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "ニホニウム",
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          "name": "desc"
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      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: ニホニウム"
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      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "日",
        "3": "本",
        "t1": "sun",
        "t2": "origin",
        "tr1": "nichi",
        "tr2": "hon"
      },
      "expansion": "日 (nichi, “sun”) + 本 (hon, “origin”)",
      "name": "com"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "訓読み",
        "3": "kun'yomi"
      },
      "expansion": "kun'yomi",
      "name": "ll"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "日の本",
        "tr": "Hinomoto"
      },
      "expansion": "日の本 (Hinomoto)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "音読み",
        "3": "on'yomi"
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ニホンVSニッポン 「日本」の読み方、どっちが優勢?"
      },
      "expansion": "ニホンVSニッポン 「日本」の読み方、どっちが優勢?",
      "name": "lang"
    },
    {
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "Land of the Rising Sun"
      },
      "expansion": "Land of the Rising Sun",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "日 出 處 天子 致書 日 沒 處 天子 無恙 云云",
        "2": "...the son of heaven of the land of the rising sun sends a letter to the son of heaven of the place where the sun sets, for good health and so on.",
        "3": "CL",
        "collapsed": "y",
        "nocat": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "日出處天子致書日沒處天子無恙云云 [Classical Chinese, trad.]日出处天子致书日没处天子无恙云云 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nrì chū chù tiānzǐ zhìshū rì méi chù tiānzǐ wúyàng yúnyún [Pinyin]\n...the son of heaven of the land of the rising sun sends a letter to the son of heaven of the place where the sun sets, for good health and so on.",
      "name": "zh-x"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "日出處",
        "lit": "sun + emerge + place"
      },
      "expansion": "日出處/日出处 (literally “sun + emerge + place”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "日沒處",
        "lit": "sun + sink + place"
      },
      "expansion": "日沒處/日没处 (literally “sun + sink + place”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "/nitɨpoɴ/ → /nip̚poɴ/ → /niɸoɴ/ → /nihoɴ/\nCoined in Japan of Sinic elements, as compound of 日 (nichi, “sun”) + 本 (hon, “origin”) and literally meaning \"origin of the sun\". The hon element was apparently pronounced /poɴ/ when first coined. Over time, the initial /p/ lenited, becoming /ɸ/ as shown in the Nifon entry in the 1603 Nippo Jisho (\"Japanese-Portuguese Dictionary\"). This then became the /h/ sound in modern Japanese.\nIn older texts, this was read as kun'yomi as 日の本 (Hinomoto). The on'yomi readings Nippon and Nihon became more common in the Heian period, with both persisting into modern use. The Nihon reading appears to be the most common in everyday Japanese usage.\nThis may be related to the famous letter from Prince Shōtoku to Emperor Yang of Sui sent via the Japanese mission to Sui China in 607, wherein we see the first mention of Japan as the Land of the Rising Sun, and a description of China as Land of the Setting Sun:\n:\n日出處天子致書日沒處天子無恙云云 [Classical Chinese, trad.]日出处天子致书日没处天子无恙云云 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nrì chū chù tiānzǐ zhìshū rì méi chù tiānzǐ wúyàng yúnyún [Pinyin]\n...the son of heaven of the land of the rising sun sends a letter to the son of heaven of the place where the sun sets, for good health and so on.\n日出處/日出处 (literally “sun + emerge + place”) here refers to Japan, while 日沒處/日没处 (literally “sun + sink + place”) refers to China.",
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      "depth": 1,
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            ]
          ],
          "word": "和"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Japan"
      ],
      "id": "en-日本-ja-name-ZHKUODss",
      "links": [
        [
          "Japan",
          "Japan"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) Japan"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "じっぽん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʑip̚põ̞ɴ]"
    }
  ],
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    "Nippo Jisho",
    "ja:大辞林",
    "ja:松村明"
  ],
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}
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    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese proper nouns",
    "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with audio links",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters"
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    {
      "roman": "Nihon-ichi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "日",
          "に"
        ],
        [
          "本",
          "ほん"
        ],
        [
          "一",
          "いち"
        ]
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    {
      "roman": "Nihonkai",
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        [
          "日",
          "に"
        ],
        [
          "本",
          "ほん"
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          "海",
          "かい"
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "roman": "nihongo",
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        [
          "日",
          "に"
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          "本",
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          "ご"
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        [
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          "ジカ"
        ]
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    },
    {
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        [
          "日",
          "に"
        ],
        [
          "本",
          "ほん"
        ],
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          "時",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "間",
          "かん"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "roman": "Nihon-shiki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "日",
          "に"
        ],
        [
          "本",
          "ほん"
        ],
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          "しき"
        ]
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    },
    {
      "roman": "nihonshu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "日",
          "に"
        ],
        [
          "本",
          "ほん"
        ],
        [
          "酒",
          "しゅ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "日本酒"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Nihon-jū",
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        [
          "日",
          "に"
        ],
        [
          "本",
          "ほん"
        ],
        [
          "中",
          "じゅう"
        ]
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    {
      "english": "Nihon Shoki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "日",
          "に"
        ],
        [
          "本",
          "ほん"
        ],
        [
          "書紀",
          "しょき"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "日本書紀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Nihon-shoku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "日",
          "に"
        ],
        [
          "本",
          "ほん"
        ],
        [
          "食",
          "しょく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "日本食"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nihonjin",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "日",
          "に"
        ],
        [
          "本",
          "ほん"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "じん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "日本人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nihontō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "日",
          "に"
        ],
        [
          "本",
          "ほん"
        ],
        [
          "刀",
          "とう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "日本刀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Nihon Hyōjunji",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "日",
          "に"
        ],
        [
          "本",
          "ほん"
        ],
        [
          "標",
          "ひょう"
        ],
        [
          "準",
          "じゅん"
        ],
        [
          "時",
          "じ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "日本標準時"
    },
    {
      "ruby": [
        [
          "日",
          "に"
        ],
        [
          "本",
          "ほん"
        ],
        [
          "料",
          "りょう"
        ],
        [
          "理",
          "り"
        ]
      ],
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      "word": "日本料理"
    },
    {
      "english": "Kita Nihon",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "北",
          "きた"
        ],
        [
          "日",
          "に"
        ],
        [
          "本",
          "ほん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "北日本"
    },
    {
      "english": "Seinan Nihon",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "西",
          "せい"
        ],
        [
          "南",
          "なん"
        ],
        [
          "日",
          "に"
        ],
        [
          "本",
          "ほん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "西南日本"
    },
    {
      "english": "Dai Nihon",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "大",
          "だい"
        ],
        [
          "日",
          "に"
        ],
        [
          "本",
          "ほん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "大日本"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Tōhoku Nihon",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "東",
          "とう"
        ],
        [
          "北",
          "ほく"
        ],
        [
          "日",
          "に"
        ],
        [
          "本",
          "ほん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "東北日本"
    },
    {
      "english": "Nishi Nihon",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "西",
          "にし"
        ],
        [
          "日",
          "に"
        ],
        [
          "本",
          "ほん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "西日本"
    },
    {
      "english": "Higashi Nihon",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "東",
          "ひがし"
        ],
        [
          "日",
          "に"
        ],
        [
          "本",
          "ほん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "東日本"
    },
    {
      "english": "Minami Nihon",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "南",
          "みなみ"
        ],
        [
          "日",
          "に"
        ],
        [
          "本",
          "ほん"
        ]
      ],
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mul",
            "2": "nihonium",
            "bor": "y"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Translingual: nihonium"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "ニホニウム",
            "bor": "y"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese: ニホニウム",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: ニホニウム"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "日",
        "3": "本",
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        "tr1": "nichi",
        "tr2": "hon"
      },
      "expansion": "日 (nichi, “sun”) + 本 (hon, “origin”)",
      "name": "com"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "訓読み",
        "3": "kun'yomi"
      },
      "expansion": "kun'yomi",
      "name": "ll"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "日の本",
        "tr": "Hinomoto"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "音読み",
        "3": "on'yomi"
      },
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      "name": "ll"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ニホンVSニッポン 「日本」の読み方、どっちが優勢?"
      },
      "expansion": "ニホンVSニッポン 「日本」の読み方、どっちが優勢?",
      "name": "lang"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Land of the Rising Sun"
      },
      "expansion": "Land of the Rising Sun",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "日 出 處 天子 致書 日 沒 處 天子 無恙 云云",
        "2": "...the son of heaven of the land of the rising sun sends a letter to the son of heaven of the place where the sun sets, for good health and so on.",
        "3": "CL",
        "collapsed": "y",
        "nocat": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "日出處天子致書日沒處天子無恙云云 [Classical Chinese, trad.]日出处天子致书日没处天子无恙云云 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nrì chū chù tiānzǐ zhìshū rì méi chù tiānzǐ wúyàng yúnyún [Pinyin]\n...the son of heaven of the land of the rising sun sends a letter to the son of heaven of the place where the sun sets, for good health and so on.",
      "name": "zh-x"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "日出處",
        "lit": "sun + emerge + place"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "日沒處",
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      },
      "expansion": "日沒處/日没处 (literally “sun + sink + place”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
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    {
      "form": "日本",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "日",
          "に"
        ],
        [
          "本",
          "ほん"
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      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "Nihon",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
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      "args": {
        "1": "proper",
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "name",
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    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "(Nihon-koku): Japan (a country and archipelago in East Asia)",
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        }
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        "ja:Countries",
        "ja:Countries in Asia",
        "ja:Islands",
        "ja:Japan"
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      ],
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          "East Asia#English"
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        "abbreviation",
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        "a surname"
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    {
      "other": "にほん"
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    {
      "ipa": "[ɲ̟ihõ̞ɴ]"
    }
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    "Heian period",
    "Japanese missions to Sui China",
    "Names of Japan",
    "Prince Shōtoku",
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    "ja:日本",
    "ja:松村明"
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}

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    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese proper nouns",
    "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with audio links",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters"
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    {
      "roman": "Nippon-ichi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "日",
          "にっ"
        ],
        [
          "本",
          "ぽん"
        ],
        [
          "一",
          "いち"
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "roman": "Nippongo",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "日",
          "にっ"
        ],
        [
          "本",
          "ぽん"
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          "語",
          "ご"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "roman": "Nippon-koku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "日",
          "にっ"
        ],
        [
          "本",
          "ぽん"
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          "こく"
        ]
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      "word": "日本国"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Nippon Ginkō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "日",
          "にっ"
        ],
        [
          "本",
          "ぽん"
        ],
        [
          "銀",
          "ぎん"
        ],
        [
          "行",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "roman": "Nippon-jū",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "日",
          "にっ"
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          "本中",
          "ぽんじゅう"
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    },
    {
      "roman": "nipponjin",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "日",
          "にっ"
        ],
        [
          "本",
          "ぽん"
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          "人",
          "じん"
        ]
      ],
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    {
      "roman": "nippontō",
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        [
          "日",
          "にっ"
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          "本",
          "ぽん"
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        ]
      ],
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    {
      "roman": "Dai Nippon",
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          "だい"
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          "日",
          "にっ"
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          "ぽん"
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
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          "args": {
            "1": "en",
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
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          "expansion": "→ French: Nippon (noun), nippon (adjective)",
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lfn",
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            "3": "nion",
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            "pos2": "a"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Lingua Franca Nova: Nion (noun), nion (adjective)",
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "id",
            "2": "Nippon",
            "bor": "y",
            "pos": "n"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Indonesian: Nippon (noun)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Indonesian: Nippon (noun)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tlh",
            "2": "nIpon",
            "bor": "y",
            "pos": "n"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Klingon: nIpon (noun)"
    }
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  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "/nitɨpoɴ/ → /nip̚poɴ/\nPhonetic variant of Nihon above, maintaining the /p/ sound.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "日本",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "日",
          "にっ"
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        [
          "本",
          "ぽん"
        ]
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      "tags": [
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  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
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          "extra": "Nippon-koku, “Japan”",
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      "categories": [
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          "english": "Japan? I’ve never heard of that before.",
          "ref": "1998 November 30 [1990 November 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, のび太とアニマル惑星 (大長編ドラえもん; 10), 22nd edition, volume 10 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, page 27",
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      "other": "にっぽん"
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      "ipa": "[ɲ̟ip̚põ̞ɴ]"
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  ],
  "word": "日本"
}

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    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese proper nouns",
    "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters"
  ],
  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "roman": "Akitsushima",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "秋津島",
          "あきつしま"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "roman": "Ōyashima",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "大八洲",
          "おおやしま"
        ]
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    },
    {
      "roman": "kōkoku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "皇",
          "こう"
        ],
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          "国",
          "こく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "皇国"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Jipangu",
      "word": "ジパング"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Jappurando",
      "word": "ジャップランド"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Japan"
      ],
      "word": "ジャパン"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Daitō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "大",
          "だい"
        ],
        [
          "東",
          "とう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "大東"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Tōyō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "東",
          "とう"
        ],
        [
          "洋",
          "よう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "東洋"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Nittō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "日",
          "にっ"
        ],
        [
          "東",
          "とう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "日東"
    },
    {
      "english": "Hinomoto",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "日",
          "ひ"
        ],
        [
          "本",
          "もと"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "日の本"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Fusō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "扶桑",
          "ふそう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "扶桑"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Mizuho no kuni",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "瑞",
          "みず"
        ],
        [
          "穂",
          "ほ"
        ],
        [
          "国",
          "くに"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "瑞穂の国"
    },
    {
      "word": "大和"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Yamato",
      "word": "倭"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Wa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "和",
          "わ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "和"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
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      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "日"
      },
      "expansion": "日",
      "name": "l"
    },
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        "1": "pt",
        "2": "Japão"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "Japan"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch Japan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nan-hbl",
        "2": "日本",
        "tr": "Ji̍t-pún"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "Jepun"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "日本",
        "tr": "Ji̍k-púng"
      },
      "expansion": "Teochew 日本 (Ji̍k-púng)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "id",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Indonesian",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "Jepang"
      },
      "expansion": "Malay Jepang",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "*/zitʉpon/ → /zip̚pon/ → /ʑip̚pon/\nUses the kan'on reading jitsu for 日, as compared to the goon reading nichi. First appears in texts from the early 1600s, notably the 1603 Japanese-Portuguese dictionary Nippo Jisho. Probably influenced by European-language terminology for the country, such as Portuguese Japão or Dutch Japan, in turn arising from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún) via Malay Jepun, or from Teochew 日本 (Ji̍k-púng) via Indonesian Malay Jepang.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "日本",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "日",
          "じっ"
        ],
        [
          "本",
          "ぽん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Jippon",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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        "2": "じっぽん"
      },
      "expansion": "日(じっ)本(ぽん) • (Jippon)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with archaic senses",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Japan"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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          "Japan"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) Japan"
      ],
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        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "じっぽん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʑip̚põ̞ɴ]"
    }
  ],
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    "Nippo Jisho",
    "ja:大辞林",
    "ja:松村明"
  ],
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}
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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 2024-05-06 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.

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