"法務" meaning in Japanese

See 法務 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ho̞ːmɯ̟] Forms: 法務 [canonical] (ruby: (ほう), ()), hōmu [romanization], fafumu [romanization], はふむ [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|ほうむ|hhira=はふむ}} 法(ほう)務(む) • (hōmu) ^(←はふむ (fafumu)?)
  1. legal or judicial work; legal affairs
    Sense id: en-法務-ja-noun-6g7K4qts 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 Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Derived forms: 法務部 (hōmubu) (ruby: (ほう), (), ()), 法務僧正 (hōmu sōjō) (ruby: (ほう), (), (そう), (じょう)), 法務僧都 (hōmu sōzu) (ruby: (ほう), (), (そう), ()), 法務大臣 (hōmu daijin) (ruby: (ほう), (), (だい), (じん)), 法務官 (hōmukan) (ruby: (ほう), (), (かん)), 法務局 (hōmukyoku) (ruby: (ほう), (), (きょく)), 法務庁 (hōmuchō) (ruby: (ほう), (), (ちょう)), 法務府 (hōmufu) (ruby: (ほう), (), ()), 法務省 (hōmushō) (ruby: (ほう), (), (しょう)), 法務総裁 (hōmu sōsai) (ruby: (ほう), (), (そう), (さい)), 法務職 (hōmushiki) (ruby: (ほう), (), (しき))
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "法務",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "法",
          "ほう"
        ],
        [
          "務",
          "む"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hōmu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fafumu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "はふむ",
      "roman": "fafumu",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ほうむ",
        "hhira": "はふむ"
      },
      "expansion": "法(ほう)務(む) • (hōmu) ^(←はふむ (fafumu)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "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"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
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          "roman": "hōmubu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "法",
              "ほう"
            ],
            [
              "務",
              "む"
            ],
            [
              "部",
              "ぶ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "法務部"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hōmu sōjō",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "法",
              "ほう"
            ],
            [
              "務",
              "む"
            ],
            [
              "僧",
              "そう"
            ],
            [
              "正",
              "じょう"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "法務僧正"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hōmu sōzu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "法",
              "ほう"
            ],
            [
              "務",
              "む"
            ],
            [
              "僧",
              "そう"
            ],
            [
              "都",
              "ず"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "法務僧都"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hōmu daijin",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "法",
              "ほう"
            ],
            [
              "務",
              "む"
            ],
            [
              "大",
              "だい"
            ],
            [
              "臣",
              "じん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "法務大臣"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hōmukan",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "法",
              "ほう"
            ],
            [
              "務",
              "む"
            ],
            [
              "官",
              "かん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "法務官"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hōmukyoku",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "法",
              "ほう"
            ],
            [
              "務",
              "む"
            ],
            [
              "局",
              "きょく"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "法務局"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hōmuchō",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "法",
              "ほう"
            ],
            [
              "務",
              "む"
            ],
            [
              "庁",
              "ちょう"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "法務庁"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hōmufu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "法",
              "ほう"
            ],
            [
              "務",
              "む"
            ],
            [
              "府",
              "ふ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "法務府"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hōmushō",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "法",
              "ほう"
            ],
            [
              "務",
              "む"
            ],
            [
              "省",
              "しょう"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "法務省"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hōmu sōsai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "法",
              "ほう"
            ],
            [
              "務",
              "む"
            ],
            [
              "総",
              "そう"
            ],
            [
              "裁",
              "さい"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "法務総裁"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hōmushiki",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "法",
              "ほう"
            ],
            [
              "務",
              "む"
            ],
            [
              "職",
              "しき"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "法務職"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2015 September 28, Colin P.A. Jones, “Where's the justice? In Japan's legal terminology, it's almost nowhere to be seen”, in The Japan Times (in English), retrieved 11 Apr 2023:",
          "text": "Hōmu (法務) just means “legal affairs” and thus might as well be a synonym for “boring” to many people.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "legal or judicial work; legal affairs"
      ],
      "id": "en-法務-ja-noun-6g7K4qts",
      "links": [
        [
          "legal",
          "legal"
        ],
        [
          "judicial",
          "judicial"
        ],
        [
          "affair",
          "affair"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ほーむ"
    },
    {
      "other": "[hòóꜜmù]",
      "tags": [
        "Kyoto"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ho̞ːmɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "法務"
}
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  "derived": [
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      "roman": "hōmubu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "法",
          "ほう"
        ],
        [
          "務",
          "む"
        ],
        [
          "部",
          "ぶ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "法務部"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hōmu sōjō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "法",
          "ほう"
        ],
        [
          "務",
          "む"
        ],
        [
          "僧",
          "そう"
        ],
        [
          "正",
          "じょう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "法務僧正"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hōmu sōzu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "法",
          "ほう"
        ],
        [
          "務",
          "む"
        ],
        [
          "僧",
          "そう"
        ],
        [
          "都",
          "ず"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "法務僧都"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hōmu daijin",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "法",
          "ほう"
        ],
        [
          "務",
          "む"
        ],
        [
          "大",
          "だい"
        ],
        [
          "臣",
          "じん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "法務大臣"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hōmukan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "法",
          "ほう"
        ],
        [
          "務",
          "む"
        ],
        [
          "官",
          "かん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "法務官"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hōmukyoku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "法",
          "ほう"
        ],
        [
          "務",
          "む"
        ],
        [
          "局",
          "きょく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "法務局"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hōmuchō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "法",
          "ほう"
        ],
        [
          "務",
          "む"
        ],
        [
          "庁",
          "ちょう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "法務庁"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hōmufu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "法",
          "ほう"
        ],
        [
          "務",
          "む"
        ],
        [
          "府",
          "ふ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "法務府"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hōmushō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "法",
          "ほう"
        ],
        [
          "務",
          "む"
        ],
        [
          "省",
          "しょう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "法務省"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hōmu sōsai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "法",
          "ほう"
        ],
        [
          "務",
          "む"
        ],
        [
          "総",
          "そう"
        ],
        [
          "裁",
          "さい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "法務総裁"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hōmushiki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "法",
          "ほう"
        ],
        [
          "務",
          "む"
        ],
        [
          "職",
          "しき"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "法務職"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "法務",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "法",
          "ほう"
        ],
        [
          "務",
          "む"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hōmu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fafumu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "はふむ",
      "roman": "fafumu",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "ほうむ",
        "hhira": "はふむ"
      },
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      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
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        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese nouns",
        "Japanese terms spelled with fifth grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with quotations",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
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            [
              6,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2015 September 28, Colin P.A. Jones, “Where's the justice? In Japan's legal terminology, it's almost nowhere to be seen”, in The Japan Times (in English), retrieved 11 Apr 2023:",
          "text": "Hōmu (法務) just means “legal affairs” and thus might as well be a synonym for “boring” to many people.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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        ],
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        ],
        [
          "affair",
          "affair"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ほーむ"
    },
    {
      "other": "[hòóꜜmù]",
      "tags": [
        "Kyoto"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ho̞ːmɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "法務"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 法務 meaning in Japanese (2.9kB)

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  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
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