"無限" meaning in Japanese

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Adjective

IPA: [mɯ̟ᵝɡẽ̞ɴ]
Etymology: May be a learned borrowing from Chinese 無限/无限 (wúxiàn, literally “without + limit”). First cited to 1881 in the 哲学字彙 (Tetsugaku Jii, “Philosophical Vocabulary”) as a translation of English infinite. Etymology templates: {{lbor|ja|zh|無限|lit=without + limit|nocap=1|sort=むげん}} learned borrowing from Chinese 無限/无限 (wúxiàn, literally “without + limit”), {{noncog|en|infinite}} English infinite Head templates: {{ja-adj|むげん|infl=na}} 無(む)限(げん) • (mugen) -na (adnominal 無(む)限(げん)な (mugen na), adverbial 無(む)限(げん)に (mugen ni)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=. に|attributive=. な|conditional=. なら(ば)|conjunctive=. で|continuative=. で|degree=さ|formal=. です|formal_negative=. で は ありません|formal_negative2=. じゃ ありません|formal_negative_past=. で は ありません でした|formal_negative_past2=. じゃ ありません でした|formal_past=. でした|hypothetical=. なら|imperative=. で あれ|imperfective=. だろ|informal_negative=. で は ない|informal_negative2=. じゃ ない|informal_negative_past=. で は なかった|informal_negative_past2=. じゃ なかった|informal_past=. だった|kana=むげん|lemma=無限|provisional=. だったら|terminal=. だ|volitional=. だろう}} Forms: 無限 [canonical] (ruby: (), (げん)), mugen [romanization], 無限な [adnominal] (ruby: (), (げん)), 無限に [adverbial] (ruby: (), (げん)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 無限だろ [imperfective, stem], むげんだろ [imperfective, stem], mugen daro [imperfective], 無限で [continuative, stem], むげんで [continuative, stem], mugen de [continuative], 無限だ [stem, terminative], むげんだ [stem, terminative], mugen da [terminative], 無限な [attributive, stem], むげんな [attributive, stem], mugen na [attributive], 無限なら [hypothetical, stem], むげんなら [hypothetical, stem], mugen nara [hypothetical], 無限であれ [imperative, stem], むげんであれ [imperative, stem], mugen de are [imperative], 無限ではない [informal, negative], 無限じゃない [informal, negative], むげんではない [informal, negative], むげんじゃない [informal, negative], mugen de wa nai [informal, negative], mugen ja nai [informal, negative], 無限だった [informal, past], むげんだった [informal, past], mugen datta [informal, past], 無限ではなかった [informal, negative, past], 無限じゃなかった [informal, negative, past], むげんではなかった [informal, negative, past], むげんじゃなかった [informal, negative, past], mugen de wa nakatta [informal, negative, past], mugen ja nakatta [informal, negative, past], 無限です [formal], むげんです [formal], mugen desu [formal], 無限ではありません [formal, negative], 無限じゃありません [formal, negative], むげんではありません [formal, negative], むげんじゃありません [formal, negative], mugen de wa arimasen [formal, negative], mugen ja arimasen [formal, negative], 無限でした [formal, past], むげんでした [formal, past], mugen deshita [formal, past], 無限ではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], 無限じゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], むげんではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], むげんじゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], mugen de wa arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], mugen ja arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], 無限で [conjunctive], むげんで [conjunctive], mugen de [conjunctive], 無限なら(ば) [conditional], むげんなら(ば) [conditional], mugen nara (ba) [conditional], 無限だったら [conditional, past], むげんだったら [conditional, past], mugen dattara [conditional, past], 無限だろう [volitional], むげんだろう [volitional], mugen darō [volitional], 無限に [adverbial], むげんに [adverbial], mugen ni [adverbial], 無限さ [noun-from-adj], むげんさ [noun-from-adj], mugensa [noun-from-adj]
  1. unlimited, infinite, endless
    Sense id: en-無限-ja-adj-sZOrSnCn

Noun

IPA: [mɯ̟ᵝɡẽ̞ɴ] Forms: 無限 [canonical] (ruby: (), (げん)), mugen [romanization]
Etymology: May be a learned borrowing from Chinese 無限/无限 (wúxiàn, literally “without + limit”). First cited to 1881 in the 哲学字彙 (Tetsugaku Jii, “Philosophical Vocabulary”) as a translation of English infinite. Etymology templates: {{lbor|ja|zh|無限|lit=without + limit|nocap=1|sort=むげん}} learned borrowing from Chinese 無限/无限 (wúxiàn, literally “without + limit”), {{noncog|en|infinite}} English infinite Head templates: {{ja-noun|むげん}} 無(む)限(げん) • (mugen)
  1. (philosophy, general) infinity, unlimitedness, endlessness Tags: general Categories (topical): Philosophy
    Sense id: en-無限-ja-noun-fH55ezaj Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 9 65 27 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 8 62 30 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 8 62 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 8 64 28 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 8 64 28 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 8 64 28 Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
  2. (mathematics) infinity Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-無限-ja-noun-15mHBRol Topics: mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 無限大 (mugendai) (ruby: (), (げん), (だい)) (english: infinitely large), 無限小 (mugenshō) (ruby: (), (げん), (しょう)) (english: infinitesimal), 無制限 (museigen) (ruby: (), (せい), (げん)) (english: limitless, unrestricted), 永遠 (eien) (ruby: (えい), (えん)) (english: eternity), 永久 (eikyū) (ruby: (えい), (きゅう)) (english: eternity)

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      "english": "limited, finite",
      "roman": "yūgen",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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    },
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "無限だろ",
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      "form": "mugen daro",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "無限で",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "tags": [
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "むげんだ",
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      "form": "mugen da",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "terminative"
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      "form": "無限な",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "stem"
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    {
      "form": "mugen na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "無限なら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むげんなら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mugen nara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無限であれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むげんであれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mugen de are",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無限ではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無限じゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むげんではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むげんじゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mugen de wa nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mugen ja nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無限だった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むげんだった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mugen datta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無限ではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無限じゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むげんではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むげんじゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mugen de wa nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mugen ja nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無限です",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むげんです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mugen desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無限ではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無限じゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むげんではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むげんじゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mugen de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mugen ja arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無限でした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むげんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mugen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無限ではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無限じゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むげんではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むげんじゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mugen de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mugen ja arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無限で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むげんで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mugen de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無限なら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むげんなら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mugen nara (ba)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無限だったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むげんだったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mugen dattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無限だろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むげんだろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mugen darō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無限に",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むげんに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mugen ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無限さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むげんさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mugensa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "むげん",
        "infl": "na"
      },
      "expansion": "無(む)限(げん) • (mugen) -na (adnominal 無(む)限(げん)な (mugen na), adverbial 無(む)限(げん)に (mugen ni))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": ". に",
        "attributive": ". な",
        "conditional": ". なら(ば)",
        "conjunctive": ". で",
        "continuative": ". で",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": ". です",
        "formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
        "formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
        "formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
        "formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
        "formal_past": ". でした",
        "hypothetical": ". なら",
        "imperative": ". で あれ",
        "imperfective": ". だろ",
        "informal_negative": ". で は ない",
        "informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
        "informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
        "informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
        "informal_past": ". だった",
        "kana": "むげん",
        "lemma": "無限",
        "provisional": ". だったら",
        "terminal": ". だ",
        "volitional": ". だろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "unlimited, infinite, endless"
      ],
      "id": "en-無限-ja-adj-sZOrSnCn",
      "links": [
        [
          "unlimited",
          "unlimited"
        ],
        [
          "infinite",
          "infinite"
        ],
        [
          "endless",
          "endless"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "むげん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɯ̟ᵝɡẽ̞ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten",
    "University of Tokyo",
    "ja:哲学字彙"
  ],
  "word": "無限"
}

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        "2": "zh",
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        "nocap": "1",
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      },
      "expansion": "learned borrowing from Chinese 無限/无限 (wúxiàn, literally “without + limit”)",
      "name": "lbor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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      "expansion": "English infinite",
      "name": "noncog"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "May be a learned borrowing from Chinese 無限/无限 (wúxiàn, literally “without + limit”). First cited to 1881 in the 哲学字彙 (Tetsugaku Jii, “Philosophical Vocabulary”) as a translation of English infinite.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "無限",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無",
          "む"
        ],
        [
          "限",
          "げん"
        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mugen",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "むげん"
      },
      "expansion": "無(む)限(げん) • (mugen)",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "infinitely large",
      "roman": "mugendai",
      "ruby": [
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          "無",
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        ],
        [
          "限",
          "げん"
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "infinitesimal",
      "roman": "mugenshō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無",
          "む"
        ],
        [
          "限",
          "げん"
        ],
        [
          "小",
          "しょう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "無限小"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "limitless, unrestricted",
      "roman": "museigen",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無",
          "む"
        ],
        [
          "制",
          "せい"
        ],
        [
          "限",
          "げん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "無制限"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "eternity",
      "roman": "eien",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "永",
          "えい"
        ],
        [
          "遠",
          "えん"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "eternity",
      "roman": "eikyū",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "永",
          "えい"
        ],
        [
          "久",
          "きゅう"
        ]
      ],
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    }
  ],
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    {
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        {
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          "langcode": "ja",
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            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        {
          "_dis": "9 65 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        {
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        {
          "_dis": "8 64 28",
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        {
          "_dis": "8 64 28",
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            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "8 64 28",
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          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "無",
              "む"
            ],
            [
              "限",
              "げん"
            ],
            [
              "廻",
              "めぐ"
            ]
          ],
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        }
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      "links": [
        [
          "philosophy",
          "philosophy"
        ],
        [
          "infinity",
          "infinity"
        ],
        [
          "unlimitedness",
          "unlimitedness"
        ],
        [
          "endlessness",
          "endlessness"
        ]
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      ],
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        "general"
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        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ja",
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          "orig": "ja:Mathematics",
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            "Formal sciences",
            "Sciences",
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            "Fundamental"
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        }
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        "infinity"
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      "id": "en-無限-ja-noun-15mHBRol",
      "links": [
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ],
        [
          "infinity",
          "infinity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mathematics) infinity"
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        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "other": "むげん"
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    {
      "ipa": "[mɯ̟ᵝɡẽ̞ɴ]"
    }
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    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten",
    "University of Tokyo",
    "ja:哲学字彙"
  ],
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}
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    {
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        [
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          "限",
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      "name": "lbor"
    },
    {
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        "1": "en",
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      "ruby": [
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          "無",
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      "form": "mugen",
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    {
      "form": "無限な",
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          "無",
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          "限",
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    {
      "form": "無限に",
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        [
          "無",
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          "限",
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        "adverbial"
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ja-na",
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        "inflection-template"
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      "form": "無限だろ",
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    {
      "form": "むげんだろ",
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      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mugen daro",
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      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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    {
      "form": "無限で",
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        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むげんで",
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      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mugen de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無限だ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むげんだ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mugen da",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無限な",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むげんな",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mugen na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無限なら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むげんなら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mugen nara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無限であれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むげんであれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mugen de are",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無限ではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無限じゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むげんではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むげんじゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mugen de wa nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mugen ja nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無限だった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むげんだった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mugen datta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無限ではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無限じゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むげんではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むげんじゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mugen de wa nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mugen ja nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無限です",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むげんです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mugen desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無限ではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無限じゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むげんではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むげんじゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mugen de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mugen ja arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無限でした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むげんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mugen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無限ではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無限じゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むげんではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むげんじゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mugen de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mugen ja arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無限で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むげんで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mugen de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無限なら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むげんなら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mugen nara (ba)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無限だったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むげんだったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mugen dattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無限だろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むげんだろう",
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        "volitional"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mugen darō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無限に",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むげんに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mugen ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無限さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むげんさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mugensa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "無(む)限(げん) • (mugen) -na (adnominal 無(む)限(げん)な (mugen na), adverbial 無(む)限(げん)に (mugen ni))",
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        "conditional": ". なら(ば)",
        "conjunctive": ". で",
        "continuative": ". で",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": ". です",
        "formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
        "formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
        "formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
        "formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
        "formal_past": ". でした",
        "hypothetical": ". なら",
        "imperative": ". で あれ",
        "imperfective": ". だろ",
        "informal_negative": ". で は ない",
        "informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
        "informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
        "informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
        "informal_past": ". だった",
        "kana": "むげん",
        "lemma": "無限",
        "provisional": ". だったら",
        "terminal": ". だ",
        "volitional": ". だろう"
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    }
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
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  ],
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    {
      "other": "むげん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɯ̟ᵝɡẽ̞ɴ]"
    }
  ],
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    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten",
    "University of Tokyo",
    "ja:哲学字彙"
  ],
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}

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      },
      "expansion": "無(む)限(げん) • (mugen)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "infinitely large",
      "roman": "mugendai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無",
          "む"
        ],
        [
          "限",
          "げん"
        ],
        [
          "大",
          "だい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "無限大"
    },
    {
      "english": "infinitesimal",
      "roman": "mugenshō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無",
          "む"
        ],
        [
          "限",
          "げん"
        ],
        [
          "小",
          "しょう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "無限小"
    },
    {
      "english": "limitless, unrestricted",
      "roman": "museigen",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無",
          "む"
        ],
        [
          "制",
          "せい"
        ],
        [
          "限",
          "げん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "無制限"
    },
    {
      "english": "eternity",
      "roman": "eien",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "永",
          "えい"
        ],
        [
          "遠",
          "えん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "永遠"
    },
    {
      "english": "eternity",
      "roman": "eikyū",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "永",
          "えい"
        ],
        [
          "久",
          "きゅう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "永久"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples",
        "ja:Philosophy"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "無",
              "む"
            ],
            [
              "限",
              "げん"
            ],
            [
              "廻",
              "めぐ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "無限に廻るもの、ウラモグ\nMugen ni Megurumono, Uramogu\nUlamog, the Infinite Gyre"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "infinity, unlimitedness, endlessness"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "philosophy",
          "philosophy"
        ],
        [
          "infinity",
          "infinity"
        ],
        [
          "unlimitedness",
          "unlimitedness"
        ],
        [
          "endlessness",
          "endlessness"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(philosophy, general) infinity, unlimitedness, endlessness"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "general"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "ja:Mathematics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "infinity"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ],
        [
          "infinity",
          "infinity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mathematics) infinity"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "むげん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɯ̟ᵝɡẽ̞ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten",
    "University of Tokyo",
    "ja:哲学字彙"
  ],
  "word": "無限"
}
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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "無限"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "無限",
  "trace": ""
}

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