"現象" meaning in Japanese

See 現象 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɡẽ̞ɰ̃ɕo̞ː] Forms: 現象 [canonical] (ruby: (げん), (しょう)), genshō [romanization], gensyau [romanization], げんしやう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 現象 (MC henH zjangX). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=けんしょう'}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|現象|id=1,1}} 現象 (MC henH zjangX) Head templates: {{ja-noun|げんしょう|hhira=げんしやう}} 現(げん)象(しょう) • (genshō) ^(←げんしやう (gensyau)?)
  1. a phenomenon Wikipedia link: ja:現象 Derived forms: 現象界 (genshōkai) (ruby: (げん), (しょう), (かい)), 現象学 (genshōgaku) (ruby: (げん), (しょう), (がく)) (english: phenomenology), 現象学的還元 (genshōgaku-teki kangen) (ruby: (げん), (しょう), (がく), (てき), (かん), (げん)), 現象学的社会学 (genshōgaku-teki shakaigaku) (ruby: (げん), (しょう), (がく), (てき), (しゃ), (かい), (がく)), 現象主義 (genshō shugi) (ruby: (げん), (しょう), (しゅ), ())
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Download raw JSONL data for 現象 meaning in Japanese (2.8kB)

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