"海中" meaning in Japanese

See 海中 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ka̠it͡ɕɨː] Forms: 海中 [canonical] (ruby: 海(かい), 中(ちゅう)), kaichū [romanization], kaityuu [romanization], かいちゆう [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|かいちゅう|hhira=かいちゆう}} 海(かい)中(ちゅう) • (kaichū) ^(←かいちゆう (kaityuu)?)
  1. in the sea Derived forms: 海中公園 (kaichū kōen) (ruby: 海(かい), 中(ちゅう), 公(こう), 園(えん)), 海中林 (kaichūrin) (ruby: 海(かい), 中(ちゅう), 林(りん)) Related terms: 水中 (suichū) (ruby: 水(すい), 中(ちゅう))
    Sense id: en-海中-ja-noun-wVfxZlzD 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 Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [β̞a̠ta̠na̠ka̠], [β̞a̠da̠na̠ka̠] Forms: 海中 [canonical] (ruby: 海(わた), 中(なか)), 海中 [canonical] (ruby: 海(わだ), 中(なか)), watanaka [romanization], wadanaka [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|わたなか|わだなか}} 海(わた)中(なか) or 海(わだ)中(なか) • (watanaka or wadanaka)
  1. (poetic) in the sea Tags: poetic
    Sense id: en-海中-ja-noun-wVfxZlzD1 Categories (other): 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 Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "海中",
      "ruby": [
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          "海",
          "かい"
        ],
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          "中",
          "ちゅう"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "kaichū",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "kaityuu",
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      ]
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    }
  ],
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        }
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              "海",
              "かい"
            ],
            [
              "中",
              "ちゅう"
            ],
            [
              "公",
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            ],
            [
              "園",
              "えん"
            ]
          ],
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        },
        {
          "roman": "kaichūrin",
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            [
              "海",
              "かい"
            ],
            [
              "中",
              "ちゅう"
            ],
            [
              "林",
              "りん"
            ]
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        }
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        "in the sea"
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              "水",
              "すい"
            ],
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              "中",
              "ちゅう"
            ]
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        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "other": "かいちゅう"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠it͡ɕɨː]"
    }
  ],
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}

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          "海",
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        ],
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          "中",
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      "form": "watanaka",
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      "other": "わたなか"
    },
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      "ipa": "[β̞a̠ta̠na̠ka̠]"
    },
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      "other": "わだなか"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[β̞a̠da̠na̠ka̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "海中"
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          "海",
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          "公",
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          "園",
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        ]
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          "海",
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          "中",
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        [
          "林",
          "りん"
        ]
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      "word": "海中林"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "海中",
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          "海",
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          "中",
          "ちゅう"
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      "ipa": "[ka̠it͡ɕɨː]"
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    }
  ],
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      "other": "わたなか"
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      "ipa": "[β̞a̠ta̠na̠ka̠]"
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      "ipa": "[β̞a̠da̠na̠ka̠]"
    }
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  "word": "海中"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 海中 meaning in Japanese (3.1kB)

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