"未知数" meaning in Japanese

See 未知数 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [mʲit͡ɕisɨː] Forms: 未知数 [canonical] (ruby: (), (), (すう)), michi-sū [romanization], mitisuu [romanization], みちすう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From 未知(みち) (michi) + 数(すう) (sū). Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|未知|みち|数|すう|t1=|t2=}} 未知(みち) (michi) + 数(すう) (sū) Head templates: {{ja-noun|みち-すう|hhira=みちすう}} 未(み)知(ち)数(すう) • (michi-sū) ^(←みちすう (mitisuu)?)
  1. unknown quantity
    Sense id: en-未知数-ja-noun-sJyaxZ-H 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 3 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 0 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 54 46 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 3 kanji: 54 46 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 48 52
  2. (figuratively) unknown Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-未知数-ja-noun-sjpqhDnA 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 3 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 0 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 54 46 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 3 kanji: 54 46 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 48 52
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      "name": "ja-compound"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From 未知(みち) (michi) + 数(すう) (sū).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "未知数",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "未",
          "み"
        ],
        [
          "知",
          "ち"
        ],
        [
          "数",
          "すう"
        ]
      ],
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    },
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "mitisuu",
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        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "みちすう",
      "roman": "mitisuu",
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      ]
    }
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    }
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "word": "既知数"
        }
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      "glosses": [
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        "(figuratively) unknown"
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      "other": "みちすう"
    },
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    },
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      "ipa": "[mʲit͡ɕisɨː]"
    }
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    "Japanese nouns",
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    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
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      "other": "みちすう"
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    }
  ],
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}

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

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