"甘え" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [a̠ma̠e̞] Forms: 甘え [canonical] (ruby: (あま)), amae [romanization]
Etymology: Noun use of the continuative or stem form amae of verb 甘える (amaeru, “to behave sweetly [to elicit a favorable response]; to behave as a spoiled brat [in assumption of a favorable response]”). First attested in use as a standalone noun in 1942. Head templates: {{ja-noun|あまえ}} 甘(あま)え • (amae)
  1. intentionally sweet behavior aimed at inducing someone else to respond favorably
    Sense id: en-甘え-ja-noun-RQuR1Yag Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 81 9 10 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 74 13 13 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 75 12 13 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 54 23 23 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 76 12 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 11 11
  2. by extension:
    wheedling or fawning behavior
    Sense id: en-甘え-ja-noun--z7e~~A-
  3. by extension:
    spoiled or overly dependent behavior
    Sense id: en-甘え-ja-noun-yZ~z1qbH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 甘える (amaeru) (ruby: (あま)), 甘えん坊 (amaenbō) (ruby: (あま), (ぼう)), 甘やかす (amayakasu) (ruby: (あま))
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Download raw JSONL data for 甘え meaning in Japanese (1.8kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-09-22 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-09-20 using wiktextract (af5c55c and 66545a6). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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