"稚児" meaning in Japanese

See 稚児 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [t͡ɕiɡo̞] Forms: 稚児 [canonical] (ruby: (), ()), chigo [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|ちご}} 稚(ち)児(ご) • (chigo)
  1. A page or errand boy.
    Sense id: en-稚児-ja-noun-Y3q27dpo Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms read with jūbakoyomi, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese terms with rendaku, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 32 37 31 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 17 45 37 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 18 45 37 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 34 36 31 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 38 33 29 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 38 33 29 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 32 37 31 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 16 46 38 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 18 45 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 27 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 62 21 18

Noun

IPA: [ja̠ja̠ko̞] Forms: 稚児 [canonical] (ruby: 稚児(ややこ)), yayako [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|ややこ}} 稚児(ややこ) • (yayako)
  1. infant, baby
    Sense id: en-稚児-ja-noun-fojr68zm 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 Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese terms read with kun'yomi, Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō) Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 32 37 31 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 17 45 37 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 18 45 37 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 34 36 31 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 38 33 29 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 38 33 29 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 32 37 31 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 16 46 38 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 18 45 37 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 53 47

Noun

IPA: [t͡ɕiʑi] Forms: 稚児 [canonical] (ruby: (), ()), chiji [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|ちじ}} 稚(ち)児(じ) • (chiji)
  1. young child; infant
    Sense id: en-稚児-ja-noun-WqdCB2ss 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 Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms read with on'yomi Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 32 37 31 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 17 45 37 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 18 45 37 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 34 36 31 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 38 33 29 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 38 33 29 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 32 37 31 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 16 46 38 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 18 45 37 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 53 47

soft-redirect

  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-稚児-ja-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "稚児",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "稚",
          "ち"
        ],
        [
          "児",
          "ご"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chigo",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ちご"
      },
      "expansion": "稚(ち)児(ご) • (chigo)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 37 31",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 45 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 45 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms read with jūbakoyomi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 36 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 33 29",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 33 29",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 37 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 46 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 45 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with rendaku",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 27 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "62 21 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A page or errand boy."
      ],
      "id": "en-稚児-ja-noun-Y3q27dpo"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ちご"
    },
    {
      "other": "ちご"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕiɡo̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "稚児"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "稚児",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "稚児",
          "ややこ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yayako",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ややこ"
      },
      "expansion": "稚児(ややこ) • (yayako)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 37 31",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 45 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 45 37",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "34 36 31",
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          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "38 33 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 33 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 37 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 46 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 45 37",
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          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "infant, baby"
      ],
      "id": "en-稚児-ja-noun-fojr68zm",
      "links": [
        [
          "infant",
          "infant"
        ],
        [
          "baby",
          "baby"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ややこ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ja̠ja̠ko̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "稚児"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "稚児",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "稚",
          "ち"
        ],
        [
          "児",
          "じ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chiji",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "ちじ"
      },
      "expansion": "稚(ち)児(じ) • (chiji)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
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  "lang": "Japanese",
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    {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 45 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 45 37",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "34 36 31",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 33 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 33 29",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 37 31",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 46 38",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 45 37",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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      ],
      "id": "en-稚児-ja-noun-WqdCB2ss",
      "links": [
        [
          "young",
          "young"
        ],
        [
          "child",
          "child"
        ],
        [
          "infant",
          "infant"
        ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ちじ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕiʑi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "稚児"
}

{
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "やや"
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "id": "en-稚児-ja-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8",
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "稚児"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms read with jūbakoyomi",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 児 read as こ",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 稚 read as ち",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
    "Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with rendaku",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "稚児",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "稚",
          "ち"
        ],
        [
          "児",
          "ご"
        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "chigo",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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      },
      "expansion": "稚(ち)児(ご) • (chigo)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A page or errand boy."
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "ちご"
    },
    {
      "other": "ちご"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕiɡo̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "稚児"
}

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    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms read with kun'yomi",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 児 read as こ",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 稚 read as やや",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
    "Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent",
    "Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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      "ruby": [
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          "稚児",
          "ややこ"
        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "yayako",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "稚児(ややこ) • (yayako)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "infant, baby"
      ],
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          "infant",
          "infant"
        ],
        [
          "baby",
          "baby"
        ]
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "ややこ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ja̠ja̠ko̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "稚児"
}

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    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms read with on'yomi",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 児 read as じ",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 稚 read as ち",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
    "Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent",
    "Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "稚児",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "稚",
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        ],
        [
          "児",
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        ]
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chiji",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      ],
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      "other": "ちじ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕiʑi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "稚児"
}

{
  "lang": "Japanese",
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  "pos": "soft-redirect",
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    "やや"
  ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "稚児"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 稚児 meaning in Japanese (4.2kB)

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  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "稚児",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
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  "title": "稚児",
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}

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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
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