"相" meaning in Japanese

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Character

  1. mutual, reciprocal, with one another Tags: grade-3-kanji, kanji
    Sense id: en-相-ja-character-h8es1NTA Categories (other): Grade 3 kanji, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Grade 3 kanji: 72 28 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 31 1 1 3 9 2 2 2 34 11 2 4 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant transliterations: 96 4
  2. appearance, look Tags: grade-3-kanji, kanji
    Sense id: en-相-ja-character-1RD1NqDC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 相手 (aite) (ruby: (あい), ()) (english: companion, partner, opponent), 液相 (ekisō) (ruby: (えき), (そう)) (english: liquid phase), 気相 (kisō) (ruby: (), (そう)) (english: gaseous phase), 固相 (kosō) (ruby: (), (そう)) (english: solid phase), 相撲 (sumō) (ruby: 相撲(すもう)) (english: sumo), 相談 (sōdan) (ruby: (そう), (だん)) (english: consultation)

Noun

IPA: [sa̠ɡa̠] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (さが)), saga [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=さが}} Old Japanese Head templates: {{ja-noun|さが}} 相(さが) • (saga)
  1. nature, personality Synonyms (nature): 性質 (seishitsu) (ruby: 性質(せいしつ))
    Sense id: en-相-ja-noun-ZA7g28ac Disambiguation of 'nature': 100 0 0 0
  2. fate, destiny Synonyms (fate): 運命 (unmei), 宿命 (shukumei)
    Sense id: en-相-ja-noun-M3SW~3gm Disambiguation of 'fate': 1 90 8 1
  3. a habit, custom, or practice Synonyms (custom): 習慣 (shūkan), 慣わし, 習わし (narawashi) Synonyms (habit): (kuse) (ruby: (くせ))
    Sense id: en-相-ja-noun-SuD~OBBi Disambiguation of 'custom': 2 5 91 2 Disambiguation of 'habit': 3 11 85 1
  4. the good and bad of a person; especially, one's faults Synonyms (faults): 欠点 (ketten), 短所 (tansho), 悪癖 (waruguse), 悪癖 (akuheki) Synonyms (good and bad): 善悪 (zen'aku) (ruby: 善悪(ぜんあく))
    Sense id: en-相-ja-noun-jy3D5ny8 Disambiguation of 'faults': 3 15 12 69 Disambiguation of 'good and bad': 0 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms:
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: [so̞ː] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (そう)), [romanization], sau [romanization], さう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese. Goon, so likely an earlier borrowing than the shō reading. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|ltc|-|sort=そう}} Middle Chinese, {{l|ja|呉音|Goon|sc=Latn}} Goon Head templates: {{ja-noun|そう|hhira=さう}} 相(そう) • (sō) ^(←さう (sau)?)
  1. appearance, how something looks
    Sense id: en-相-ja-noun-JPEGaw72
  2. an aspect of something
    Sense id: en-相-ja-noun-NrbHrPTD
  3. (grammar) grammatical aspect Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-相-ja-noun-D~39Lccs Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual script codes, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 23 1 1 3 7 2 2 3 45 10 1 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 23 1 1 3 10 2 2 2 38 12 2 4 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 31 1 1 3 9 2 2 2 34 11 2 4 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 23 2 2 4 8 4 3 4 34 7 3 8 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual script codes: 20 2 1 4 11 3 3 3 35 12 2 4 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 21 1 1 3 10 4 3 2 37 12 2 4 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  4. (physics) a phase, as of matter Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-相-ja-noun-ILH3LB7~ Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 31 1 1 3 9 2 2 2 34 11 2 4 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  5. (ikebana) the central supporting branch of an ikebana arrangement Related terms (ikebana): 役枝 (yakueda) (ruby: 役枝(やくえだ))
    Sense id: en-相-ja-noun-mYX8U6Zg Disambiguation of 'ikebana': 4 3 15 3 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 5

Suffix

IPA: [ɕo̞ː] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (しょう)), -shō [romanization], syau [romanization], しゃう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 相 (“together, with”), from the way that a minister would always be with their lord. Kan'on, so likely a later borrowing than the sō reading. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|ltc|相||together, with|sort=しょう}} Middle Chinese 相 (“together, with”), {{l|ja|漢音|Kan'on|sc=Latn}} Kan'on Head templates: {{ja-pos|suffix|しょう|hhira=しゃう}} 相(しょう) • (-shō) ^(←しゃう (syau)?)
  1. minister of state Tags: morpheme Synonyms: 大臣 (daijin) (ruby: 大臣(だいじん))
    Sense id: en-相-ja-suffix-OUc83bN6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Download JSON data for 相 meaning in Japanese (10.2kB)

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  "title": "相",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "wiktionary/179/20240425",
  "msg": "相/Japanese/soft-redirect: missing \"senses\" in data (must have at least one sense, add empty sense with \"no-gloss\" tag if none otherwise available): {\"categories\": [\"Japanese entries with incorrect language header\", \"Japanese lemmas\", \"Japanese links with redundant alt parameters\", \"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks\", \"Japanese nouns\", \"Japanese single-kanji terms\", \"Japanese terms borrowed from Middle Chinese\", \"Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese\", \"Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji\", \"Japanese terms spelled with 相\", \"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation\", \"Japanese terms with multiple readings\", \"Japanese terms with non-redundant manual script codes\", \"Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys\", \"Japanese terms written with one Han script character\"], \"lang\": \"Japanese\", \"lang_code\": \"ja\", \"pos\": \"soft-redirect\", \"redirects\": [\"こもごも\"], \"word\": \"相\"}",
  "path": [],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "soft-redirect",
  "title": "相",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). 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.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.