"燦々" meaning in Japanese

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Adjective

IPA: [sã̠ɰ̃sã̠ɴ] Forms: 燦々 [canonical] (ruby: (さん), (さん)), sansan [romanization], 燦々とした [adnominal] (ruby: (さん), (さん)), 燦々たる [adnominal] (ruby: (さん), (さん)), 燦々と [adverbial] (ruby: (さん), (さん)), 燦々として [adverbial] (ruby: (さん), (さん))
Etymology: Middle Chinese 燦燦 (tshanᴴ tshanᴴ) Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|燦燦|sort=さんさん}} Middle Chinese 燦燦 (tshanᴴ tshanᴴ) Head templates: {{ja-adj|さんさん|infl=tari}} 燦(さん)々(さん) • (sansan) ^†-tari (adnominal 燦(さん)々(さん)とした (sansan to shita) or 燦(さん)々(さん)たる (sansan taru), adverbial 燦(さん)々(さん)と (sansan to) or 燦(さん)々(さん)として (sansan to shite))
  1. brilliant, bright
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      "name": "der"
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          "さん"
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        "brilliant, bright"
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    },
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    }
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    },
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      "form": "燦々とした",
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          "燦",
          "さん"
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          "々",
          "さん"
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          "燦",
          "さん"
        ],
        [
          "々",
          "さん"
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        "adnominal"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "roman": "sansan to",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "燦",
          "さん"
        ],
        [
          "々",
          "さん"
        ]
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    },
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        [
          "燦",
          "さん"
        ],
        [
          "々",
          "さん"
        ]
      ],
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        "adverbial"
      ]
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    }
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}

Download raw JSONL data for 燦々 meaning in Japanese (2.0kB)

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