"東洋" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [to̞ːjo̞ː] Forms: 東洋 [canonical] (ruby: (とう), (よう)), tōyō [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|とうよう}} 東(とう)洋(よう) • (tōyō)
  1. the East; Asia, especially East Asia, as opposed to the West
    Sense id: en-東洋-ja-noun-Hh8uDrd3 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 redundant sortkeys, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 3 4 51 21 4 3 8 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 3 46 19 5 4 10 11
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    {
      "roman": "seiyō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "西洋",
          "せいよう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "西洋"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "東洋",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "東",
          "とう"
        ],
        [
          "洋",
          "よう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōyō",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "とうよう"
      },
      "expansion": "東(とう)洋(よう) • (tōyō)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 4 51 21 4 3 8 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 3 46 19 5 4 10 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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            [
              0,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Oriental Witches (nickname of the Japan women's national volleyball team in 1960s)",
          "roman": "tōyō no majo",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "東洋",
              "とうよう"
            ],
            [
              "魔女",
              "まじょ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "東洋の魔女",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the East; Asia, especially East Asia, as opposed to the West"
      ],
      "id": "en-東洋-ja-noun-Hh8uDrd3",
      "links": [
        [
          "East",
          "East"
        ],
        [
          "Asia",
          "Asia"
        ],
        [
          "East Asia",
          "East Asia"
        ],
        [
          "West",
          "West"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "とーよー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[to̞ːjo̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "東洋"
}
{
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    {
      "roman": "seiyō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "西洋",
          "せいよう"
        ]
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "東洋",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "東",
          "とう"
        ],
        [
          "洋",
          "よう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōyō",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "とうよう"
      },
      "expansion": "東(とう)洋(よう) • (tōyō)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese nouns",
        "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
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            [
              0,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Oriental Witches (nickname of the Japan women's national volleyball team in 1960s)",
          "roman": "tōyō no majo",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "東洋",
              "とうよう"
            ],
            [
              "魔女",
              "まじょ"
            ]
          ],
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          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the East; Asia, especially East Asia, as opposed to the West"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "East",
          "East"
        ],
        [
          "Asia",
          "Asia"
        ],
        [
          "East Asia",
          "East Asia"
        ],
        [
          "West",
          "West"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "とーよー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[to̞ːjo̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "東洋"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 東洋 meaning in Japanese (1.5kB)

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