横文字 in Japanese

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "横文字",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "横",
          "よこ"
        ],
        [
          "文",
          "も"
        ],
        [
          "字",
          "じ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yokomoji",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "よこもじ"
      },
      "expansion": "横(よこ)文(も)字(じ) • (yokomoji)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Character set written horizontally, especially Latin alphabet."
      ],
      "id": "en-横文字-ja-noun-Vg8BEmF7",
      "links": [
        [
          "Latin alphabet",
          "Latin alphabet"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 3 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 84",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 87",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Western language, especially English, German and French."
      ],
      "id": "en-横文字-ja-noun-nB0huf5E",
      "links": [
        [
          "English",
          "English"
        ],
        [
          "German",
          "German"
        ],
        [
          "French",
          "French"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "横文字"
}

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{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 3 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "横文字",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "横",
          "よこ"
        ],
        [
          "文",
          "も"
        ],
        [
          "字",
          "じ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yokomoji",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "よこもじ"
      },
      "expansion": "横(よこ)文(も)字(じ) • (yokomoji)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Character set written horizontally, especially Latin alphabet."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Latin alphabet",
          "Latin alphabet"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Western language, especially English, German and French."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "English",
          "English"
        ],
        [
          "German",
          "German"
        ],
        [
          "French",
          "French"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "横文字"
}

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{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "横文字"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "横文字",
  "trace": ""
}

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"横文字" meaning in Japanese

Noun