"王道" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

Forms: 王道 [canonical] (ruby: 王(おう), 道(どう)), ōdō [romanization], waudau [romanization], ワウダウ [historical, katakana]
Etymology: The calqued English sense further derives from Euclid's famous retort to Ptolemy I Soter, who asked of him a simpler way to access the Elements: “Sire, there is no Royal Road to geometry.” Head templates: {{ja-noun|おうどう|hkata=ワウダウ}} 王(おう)道(どう) • (ōdō) ^(←ワウダウ (waudau)?)
  1. benevolent rule of a country
    Sense id: en-王道-ja-noun-SpfqGQVB Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 28 19 28 26
  2. proper technique, a procedure without flaws
    Sense id: en-王道-ja-noun-kg9kfIvI Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 6 32 26 35 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 28 19 28 26
  3. conventional technique/way
    Sense id: en-王道-ja-noun-Ptc40VUo Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Government, Politics Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 6 32 26 35 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 28 19 28 26 Disambiguation of Government: 0 0 100 0 Disambiguation of Politics: 12 18 58 12
  4. (calque of English royal road) an easy or painless way to do something Tags: calque
    Sense id: en-王道-ja-noun-kQ4H~kzS 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 non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 3 34 14 49 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 6 32 26 35 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 6 34 16 44 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 28 19 28 26 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 5 33 15 47 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 6 34 16 44
     
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          "english": "There is no royal road to learning.",
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Download raw JSONL data for 王道 meaning in Japanese (2.9kB)

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