"杓子定規" meaning in Japanese

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "杓子",
        "2": "しゃくし",
        "3": "定規",
        "4": "じょうぎ",
        "t1": "scoop",
        "t2": "ruler"
      },
      "expansion": "杓子(しゃくし) (shakushi, “scoop”) + 定規(じょうぎ) (jōgi, “ruler”)",
      "name": "ja-compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From 杓子(しゃくし) (shakushi, “scoop”) + 定規(じょうぎ) (jōgi, “ruler”).\nLiterally, \"scoop ruler\". Referring to attempting to use a curved scoop as a ruler.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "杓子定規",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "杓",
          "しゃく"
        ],
        [
          "子",
          "し"
        ],
        [
          "定",
          "じょう"
        ],
        [
          "規",
          "ぎ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shakushi jōgi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syakusidyaugi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "杓子定規な",
      "roman": "shakushi jōgi na",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "杓",
          "しゃく"
        ],
        [
          "子",
          "し"
        ],
        [
          "定",
          "じょう"
        ],
        [
          "規",
          "ぎ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adnominal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "杓子定規に",
      "roman": "shakushi jōgi ni",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "杓",
          "しゃく"
        ],
        [
          "子",
          "し"
        ],
        [
          "定",
          "じょう"
        ],
        [
          "規",
          "ぎ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "杓子定規だろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しゃくしじょうぎだろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shakushi jōgi daro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "杓子定規で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しゃくしじょうぎで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shakushi jōgi de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "杓子定規だ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しゃくしじょうぎだ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shakushi jōgi da",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "杓子定規な",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しゃくしじょうぎな",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shakushi jōgi na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "杓子定規なら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しゃくしじょうぎなら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shakushi jōgi nara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "杓子定規であれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しゃくしじょうぎであれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shakushi jōgi de are",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "杓子定規ではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "杓子定規じゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しゃくしじょうぎではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しゃくしじょうぎじゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shakushi jōgi de wa nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shakushi jōgi ja nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "杓子定規だった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しゃくしじょうぎだった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shakushi jōgi datta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "杓子定規ではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "杓子定規じゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しゃくしじょうぎではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しゃくしじょうぎじゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shakushi jōgi de wa nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shakushi jōgi ja nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "杓子定規です",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しゃくしじょうぎです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shakushi jōgi desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "杓子定規ではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "杓子定規じゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しゃくしじょうぎではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しゃくしじょうぎじゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shakushi jōgi de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shakushi jōgi ja arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "杓子定規でした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しゃくしじょうぎでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shakushi jōgi deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "杓子定規ではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "杓子定規じゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しゃくしじょうぎではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しゃくしじょうぎじゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shakushi jōgi de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shakushi jōgi ja arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "杓子定規で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しゃくしじょうぎで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shakushi jōgi de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "杓子定規なら（ば）",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しゃくしじょうぎなら（ば）",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shakushi jōgi nara (ba)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "杓子定規だったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しゃくしじょうぎだったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shakushi jōgi dattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "杓子定規だろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しゃくしじょうぎだろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shakushi jōgi darō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "杓子定規に",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しゃくしじょうぎに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shakushi jōgi ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "杓子定規さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しゃくしじょうぎさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shakushi jōgisa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "しゃくし じょうぎ",
        "hhira": "しやくしぢやうぎ",
        "infl": "na"
      },
      "expansion": "杓(しゃく)子(し)定(じょう)規(ぎ) • (shakushi jōgi) ^(←しやくしぢやうぎ (syakusidyaugi)?)-na (adnominal 杓(しゃく)子(し)定(じょう)規(ぎ)な (shakushi jōgi na), adverbial 杓(しゃく)子(し)定(じょう)規(ぎ)に (shakushi jōgi ni))",
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    }
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  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": ". に",
        "attributive": ". な",
        "conditional": ". なら（ば）",
        "conjunctive": ". で",
        "continuative": ". で",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": ". です",
        "formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
        "formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
        "formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
        "formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
        "formal_past": ". でした",
        "hypothetical": ". なら",
        "imperative": ". で あれ",
        "imperfective": ". だろ",
        "informal_negative": ". で は ない",
        "informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
        "informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
        "informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
        "informal_past": ". だった",
        "kana": "しゃくし じょうぎ",
        "lemma": "杓子定規",
        "provisional": ". だったら",
        "terminal": ". だ",
        "volitional": ". だろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to interpret it to the letter",
          "roman": "shakushijōgi ni kaishaku suru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "杓子定規",
              "しゃくしじょうぎ"
            ],
            [
              "解釈",
              "かいしゃく"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "杓子定規に解釈する",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflexibly following a standard"
      ],
      "id": "en-杓子定規-ja-adj-pOWI0LrC",
      "links": [
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        [
          "follow",
          "follow"
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        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "しゃくしじょーぎ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕa̠kɯ̟ɕi d͡ʑo̞ːɡʲi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "杓子定規"
}

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      "args": {
        "1": "杓子",
        "2": "しゃくし",
        "3": "定規",
        "4": "じょうぎ",
        "t1": "scoop",
        "t2": "ruler"
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From 杓子(しゃくし) (shakushi, “scoop”) + 定規(じょうぎ) (jōgi, “ruler”).\nLiterally, \"scoop ruler\". Referring to attempting to use a curved scoop as a ruler.",
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      "form": "杓子定規",
      "ruby": [
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          "杓",
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          "し"
        ],
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          "定",
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        ],
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          "規",
          "ぎ"
        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
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    },
    {
      "form": "shakushi jōgi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
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    },
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      "form": "syakusidyaugi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "しやくしぢやうぎ",
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      "tags": [
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        "historical"
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    }
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          "_dis": "50 50",
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        },
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          "_dis": "50 50",
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        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
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        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "しゃくしじょーぎ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕa̠kɯ̟ɕi d͡ʑo̞ːɡʲi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "杓子定規"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Japanese adjectives",
    "Japanese compound terms",
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      "form": "杓子定規だろ",
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      "form": "しゃくしじょうぎだろ",
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      "form": "shakushi jōgi daro",
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      "form": "杓子定規で",
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      "form": "しゃくしじょうぎで",
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      "form": "shakushi jōgi de",
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      "form": "杓子定規だ",
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      "form": "しゃくしじょうぎだ",
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      "form": "shakushi jōgi da",
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      "form": "杓子定規な",
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      "form": "しゃくしじょうぎな",
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      "form": "shakushi jōgi na",
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      "form": "杓子定規なら",
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      "form": "しゃくしじょうぎなら",
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      "form": "shakushi jōgi nara",
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      "form": "杓子定規であれ",
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      "form": "しゃくしじょうぎであれ",
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      "form": "shakushi jōgi de are",
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      "form": "杓子定規ではない",
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      "form": "杓子定規じゃない",
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      "form": "しゃくしじょうぎではない",
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      "form": "shakushi jōgi de wa nai",
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      "form": "shakushi jōgi ja nai",
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      "form": "杓子定規だった",
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      "form": "しゃくしじょうぎだった",
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      "form": "shakushi jōgi datta",
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      "form": "杓子定規ではなかった",
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      "form": "shakushi jōgi ja nakatta",
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      "form": "杓子定規です",
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      "form": "しゃくしじょうぎです",
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      "form": "shakushi jōgi desu",
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      "form": "杓子定規ではありません",
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      "form": "杓子定規じゃありません",
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      "form": "しゃくしじょうぎではありません",
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      "tags": [
        "formal",
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    {
      "form": "しゃくしじょうぎじゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shakushi jōgi de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shakushi jōgi ja arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "杓子定規でした",
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      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しゃくしじょうぎでした",
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      "tags": [
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        "past"
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    {
      "form": "shakushi jōgi deshita",
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    },
    {
      "form": "杓子定規ではありませんでした",
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        "negative",
        "past"
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      "form": "杓子定規じゃありませんでした",
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        "past"
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      "form": "shakushi jōgi de wa arimasen deshita",
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        "past"
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      "form": "しゃくしじょうぎで",
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      "form": "shakushi jōgi de",
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      "form": "杓子定規なら（ば）",
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    {
      "form": "しゃくしじょうぎなら（ば）",
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      "form": "杓子定規だったら",
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      "form": "しゃくしじょうぎだったら",
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      "form": "杓子定規だろう",
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      "form": "しゃくしじょうぎだろう",
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      "form": "shakushi jōgi darō",
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      "form": "杓子定規に",
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