"竹馬" meaning in Japanese

See 竹馬 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ta̠ke̞ɯ̟ma̠], [t͡ɕi̥kɯ̟ba̠] Forms: 竹馬 [canonical] (ruby: 竹(たけ), 馬(うま)), 竹馬 [canonical] (ruby: 竹(ちく), 馬(ば)), takeuma [romanization], chikuba [romanization], ちくば [alternative, hiragana], chikuba [Rōmaji, alternative, hiragana]
Etymology: From 竹 (take, chiku, “bamboo”) + 馬 (uma, ba, “horse”). Etymology templates: {{com|ja|竹|馬|sort=たけうま|t1=bamboo|t2=horse|tr1=take, chiku|tr2=uma, ba}} 竹 (take, chiku, “bamboo”) + 馬 (uma, ba, “horse”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|たけうま|ちくば}} 竹(たけ)馬(うま) or 竹(ちく)馬(ば) • (takeuma or chikuba)
  1. (literal) a bamboo horse (bamboo toy that resembles a horse that children can ride on)
    Sense id: en-竹馬-ja-noun-TqvWNA8F Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Toys Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 29 28 26 17 Disambiguation of Toys: 54 20 19 7
  2. bamboo stilts (walking pole)
    Sense id: en-竹馬-ja-noun-hxjBBIPI 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 multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese words with multiple readings Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 15 47 30 8 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 17 39 29 15 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 16 43 28 13 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 29 28 26 17 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 17 45 30 8 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 15 41 27 16 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 16 42 28 14 Disambiguation of Japanese words with multiple readings: 18 46 30 6
  3. walking on bamboo stilts
    Sense id: en-竹馬-ja-noun-oo0zEq~n Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 29 28 26 17
  4. Synonym of 幼時 (yōji, “childhood”) (time when one is a child) Synonyms: 幼時 [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-竹馬-ja-noun-LuR76jYT Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Time Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 29 28 26 17 Disambiguation of Time: 0 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 竹馬の友 (chikuba no tomo) (ruby: 竹(ちく), 馬(ば), 友(とも)) 
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Download raw JSONL data for 竹馬 meaning in Japanese (2.8kB)

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