"桐生" meaning in Japanese

See 桐生 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: 桐生 [canonical] (ruby: (きり), (ゅう)), Kiryū [romanization], Kirifu [romanization], きりふ [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper noun|きりゅう|hhira=きりふ}} 桐(きり)生(ゅう) • (Kiryū) ^(←きりふ (Kirifu)?)
  1. Kiryū (a city in Gunma Prefecture, Japan) Categories (place): Cities in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, Cities in Japan, Places in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, Places in Japan
    Sense id: en-桐生-ja-name-1WWgp7bm Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys
  2. a surname
    Sense id: en-桐生-ja-name-v2O7m9sM 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 links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 43 57 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 43 57 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 43 57 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 43 57
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      "form": "桐生",
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          "きり"
        ],
        [
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          "ゅう"
        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kiryū",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kirifu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きりふ",
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      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "ja-pos"
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  "pos": "name",
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        },
        {
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          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Cities in Gunma Prefecture, Japan",
          "orig": "ja:Cities in Gunma Prefecture, Japan",
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            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "langcode": "ja",
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          "parents": [
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        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Places in Japan",
          "orig": "ja:Places in Japan",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Kiryū (a city in Gunma Prefecture, Japan)"
      ],
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        ],
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          "Gunma#English"
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        [
          "Japan",
          "Japan#English"
        ]
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "_dis": "42 58",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 57",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 57",
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        },
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          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
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      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "桐生"
}
{
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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 spelled with jinmeiyō kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "桐生",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "桐",
          "きり"
        ],
        [
          "生",
          "ゅう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kiryū",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kirifu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きりふ",
      "roman": "Kirifu",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "proper noun",
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      },
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      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "name",
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        "ja:Places in Japan"
      ],
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      ],
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          "Kiryū#English"
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        ],
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        ],
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          "Japan",
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      ],
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        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "桐生"
}

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

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