"木偶" meaning in Japanese

See 木偶 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: 木偶 [canonical] (ruby: 木偶(でく)), deku [romanization]
Etymology: See 木偶(でく)の坊(ぼう) (dekunobō). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|木偶の坊|でくのぼう}} 木偶(でく)の坊(ぼう) (dekunobō) Head templates: {{ja-noun|でく}} 木偶(でく) • (deku)
  1. carved wooden figure
    Sense id: en-木偶-ja-noun-xnw~SZy9 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 17 25 19 31 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 25 19 30 8 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 19 44 38 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 20 43 37 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 21 42 38 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 21 43 36 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 21 42 38
  2. puppet
    Sense id: en-木偶-ja-noun-SwLgxhNa Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Puppets, Toys Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 17 25 19 31 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 25 19 30 8 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 19 44 38 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 20 43 37 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 21 42 38 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 21 43 36 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 21 42 38 Disambiguation of Puppets: 7 91 2 Disambiguation of Toys: 34 54 12
  3. useless person
    Sense id: en-木偶-ja-noun-GfIp6dx0 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 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 19 44 38 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 20 43 37 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 21 42 38 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 14 18 68 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 21 43 36 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 21 42 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 木偶の坊 (dekunobō) (ruby: 木偶(でく), 坊(ぼう))
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0
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Download raw JSONL data for 木偶 meaning in Japanese (1.4kB)

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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 2025-07-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-07-01 using wiktextract (45c4a21 and f1c2b61). 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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