"簡単" meaning in Japanese

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Adjective

IPA: [kã̠ntã̠ɴ]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 簡單 (MC keanX tan). Compare modern Hokkien 簡單/简单 (kán-tan) and Cantonese 簡單/简单 (gaan² daan¹). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|簡單|id=1,1}} 簡單 (MC keanX tan), {{cog|nan-hbl|簡單|tr=kán-tan}} Hokkien 簡單/简单 (kán-tan), {{cog|yue|簡單}} Cantonese 簡單/简单 (gaan² daan¹) Head templates: {{ja-adj|かんたん|infl=な}} 簡(かん)単(たん) • (kantan) -na (adnominal 簡(かん)単(たん)な (kantan na), adverbial 簡(かん)単(たん)に (kantan ni)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=. に|attributive=. な|conditional=. なら(ば)|conjunctive=. で|continuative=. で|degree=さ|formal=. です|formal_negative=. で は ありません|formal_negative2=. じゃ ありません|formal_negative_past=. で は ありません でした|formal_negative_past2=. じゃ ありません でした|formal_past=. でした|hypothetical=. なら|imperative=. で あれ|imperfective=. だろ|informal_negative=. で は ない|informal_negative2=. じゃ ない|informal_negative_past=. で は なかった|informal_negative_past2=. じゃ なかった|informal_past=. だった|kana=かんたん|lemma=簡単|provisional=. だったら|terminal=. だ|volitional=. だろう}} Forms: 簡単 [canonical] (ruby: (かん), (たん)), kantan [romanization], 簡単な [adnominal] (ruby: (かん), (たん)), 簡単に [adverbial] (ruby: (かん), (たん)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 簡単だろ [imperfective, stem], かんたんだろ [imperfective, stem], kantan daro [imperfective], 簡単で [continuative, stem], かんたんで [continuative, stem], kantan de [continuative], 簡単だ [stem, terminative], かんたんだ [stem, terminative], kantan da [terminative], 簡単な [attributive, stem], かんたんな [attributive, stem], kantan na [attributive], 簡単なら [hypothetical, stem], かんたんなら [hypothetical, stem], kantan nara [hypothetical], 簡単であれ [imperative, stem], かんたんであれ [imperative, stem], kantan de are [imperative], 簡単ではない [informal, negative], 簡単じゃない [informal, negative], かんたんではない [informal, negative], かんたんじゃない [informal, negative], kantan de wa nai [informal, negative], kantan ja nai [informal, negative], 簡単だった [informal, past], かんたんだった [informal, past], kantan datta [informal, past], 簡単ではなかった [informal, negative, past], 簡単じゃなかった [informal, negative, past], かんたんではなかった [informal, negative, past], かんたんじゃなかった [informal, negative, past], kantan de wa nakatta [informal, negative, past], kantan ja nakatta [informal, negative, past], 簡単です [formal], かんたんです [formal], kantan desu [formal], 簡単ではありません [formal, negative], 簡単じゃありません [formal, negative], かんたんではありません [formal, negative], かんたんじゃありません [formal, negative], kantan de wa arimasen [formal, negative], kantan ja arimasen [formal, negative], 簡単でした [formal, past], かんたんでした [formal, past], kantan deshita [formal, past], 簡単ではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], 簡単じゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], かんたんではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], かんたんじゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], kantan de wa arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], kantan ja arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], 簡単で [conjunctive], かんたんで [conjunctive], kantan de [conjunctive], 簡単なら(ば) [conditional], かんたんなら(ば) [conditional], kantan nara (ba) [conditional], 簡単だったら [conditional, past], かんたんだったら [conditional, past], kantan dattara [conditional, past], 簡単だろう [volitional], かんたんだろう [volitional], kantan darō [volitional], 簡単に [adverbial], かんたんに [adverbial], kantan ni [adverbial], 簡単さ [noun-from-adj], かんたんさ [noun-from-adj], kantansa [noun-from-adj]
  1. easy
    Sense id: en-簡単-ja-adj-l8EO~gHV
  2. simple, uncomplicated
    Sense id: en-簡単-ja-adj-cQCHFPzm
  3. brief, light, short
    Sense id: en-簡単-ja-adj-yBrgbEpB

Noun

IPA: [kã̠ntã̠ɴ] Forms: 簡単 [canonical] (ruby: (かん), (たん)), kantan [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 簡單 (MC keanX tan). Compare modern Hokkien 簡單/简单 (kán-tan) and Cantonese 簡單/简单 (gaan² daan¹). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|簡單|id=1,1}} 簡單 (MC keanX tan), {{cog|nan-hbl|簡單|tr=kán-tan}} Hokkien 簡單/简单 (kán-tan), {{cog|yue|簡單}} Cantonese 簡單/简单 (gaan² daan¹) Head templates: {{ja-noun|かんたん}} 簡(かん)単(たん) • (kantan)
  1. ease
    Sense id: en-簡単-ja-noun-kU~0Gisa Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 3 16 31 39 6 5 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 2 7 16 69 3 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 2 7 16 69 3 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 2 7 19 67 3 2 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 3 7 22 63 3 2 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 2 7 16 69 3 3
  2. simplicity
    Sense id: en-簡単-ja-noun-KuBRSSSx
  3. lightness, brevity
    Sense id: en-簡単-ja-noun-PmCqXdh1

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{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "fukuzatsu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "複",
          "ふく"
        ],
        [
          "雑",
          "ざつ"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “simple”",
      "word": "複雑"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "簡單",
        "id": "1,1"
      },
      "expansion": "簡單 (MC keanX tan)",
      "name": "ltc-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nan-hbl",
        "2": "簡單",
        "tr": "kán-tan"
      },
      "expansion": "Hokkien 簡單/简单 (kán-tan)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yue",
        "2": "簡單"
      },
      "expansion": "Cantonese 簡單/简单 (gaan² daan¹)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese 簡單 (MC keanX tan). Compare modern Hokkien 簡單/简单 (kán-tan) and Cantonese 簡單/简单 (gaan² daan¹).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "簡単",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "簡",
          "かん"
        ],
        [
          "単",
          "たん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単な",
      "roman": "kantan na",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "簡",
          "かん"
        ],
        [
          "単",
          "たん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adnominal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単に",
      "roman": "kantan ni",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "簡",
          "かん"
        ],
        [
          "単",
          "たん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単だろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かんたんだろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan daro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かんたんで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単だ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かんたんだ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan da",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単な",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かんたんな",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単なら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かんたんなら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan nara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単であれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かんたんであれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan de are",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単ではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単じゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かんたんではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かんたんじゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan de wa nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan ja nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単だった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かんたんだった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan datta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単ではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単じゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かんたんではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かんたんじゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan de wa nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan ja nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単です",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かんたんです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単ではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単じゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かんたんではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かんたんじゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan ja arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単でした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かんたんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単ではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単じゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かんたんではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かんたんじゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan ja arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かんたんで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単なら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かんたんなら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan nara (ba)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単だったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かんたんだったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan dattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単だろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かんたんだろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan darō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単に",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かんたんに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かんたんさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantansa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "かんたん",
        "infl": "な"
      },
      "expansion": "簡(かん)単(たん) • (kantan) -na (adnominal 簡(かん)単(たん)な (kantan na), adverbial 簡(かん)単(たん)に (kantan ni))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": ". に",
        "attributive": ". な",
        "conditional": ". なら(ば)",
        "conjunctive": ". で",
        "continuative": ". で",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": ". です",
        "formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
        "formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
        "formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
        "formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
        "formal_past": ". でした",
        "hypothetical": ". なら",
        "imperative": ". で あれ",
        "imperfective": ". だろ",
        "informal_negative": ". で は ない",
        "informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
        "informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
        "informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
        "informal_past": ". だった",
        "kana": "かんたん",
        "lemma": "簡単",
        "provisional": ". だったら",
        "terminal": ". だ",
        "volitional": ". だろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "easy"
      ],
      "id": "en-簡単-ja-adj-l8EO~gHV",
      "links": [
        [
          "easy",
          "easy"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "simple, uncomplicated"
      ],
      "id": "en-簡単-ja-adj-cQCHFPzm",
      "links": [
        [
          "simple",
          "simple"
        ],
        [
          "uncomplicated",
          "uncomplicated"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "brief, light, short"
      ],
      "id": "en-簡単-ja-adj-yBrgbEpB",
      "links": [
        [
          "brief",
          "brief"
        ],
        [
          "light",
          "light"
        ],
        [
          "short",
          "short"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "かんたん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kã̠ntã̠ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "簡単"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "簡單",
        "id": "1,1"
      },
      "expansion": "簡單 (MC keanX tan)",
      "name": "ltc-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nan-hbl",
        "2": "簡單",
        "tr": "kán-tan"
      },
      "expansion": "Hokkien 簡單/简单 (kán-tan)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yue",
        "2": "簡單"
      },
      "expansion": "Cantonese 簡單/简单 (gaan² daan¹)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese 簡單 (MC keanX tan). Compare modern Hokkien 簡單/简单 (kán-tan) and Cantonese 簡單/简单 (gaan² daan¹).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "簡単",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "簡",
          "かん"
        ],
        [
          "単",
          "たん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "かんたん"
      },
      "expansion": "簡(かん)単(たん) • (kantan)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 16 31 39 6 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 7 16 69 3 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 7 16 69 3 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 7 19 67 3 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 7 22 63 3 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 7 16 69 3 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ease"
      ],
      "id": "en-簡単-ja-noun-kU~0Gisa",
      "links": [
        [
          "ease",
          "ease"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "simplicity"
      ],
      "id": "en-簡単-ja-noun-KuBRSSSx",
      "links": [
        [
          "simplicity",
          "simplicity"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lightness, brevity"
      ],
      "id": "en-簡単-ja-noun-PmCqXdh1",
      "links": [
        [
          "lightness",
          "lightness"
        ],
        [
          "brevity",
          "brevity"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "かんたん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kã̠ntã̠ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "簡単"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "fukuzatsu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "複",
          "ふく"
        ],
        [
          "雑",
          "ざつ"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “simple”",
      "word": "複雑"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Japanese adjectives",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters",
    "Japanese な-na adjectives"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "簡單",
        "id": "1,1"
      },
      "expansion": "簡單 (MC keanX tan)",
      "name": "ltc-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nan-hbl",
        "2": "簡單",
        "tr": "kán-tan"
      },
      "expansion": "Hokkien 簡單/简单 (kán-tan)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yue",
        "2": "簡單"
      },
      "expansion": "Cantonese 簡單/简单 (gaan² daan¹)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese 簡單 (MC keanX tan). Compare modern Hokkien 簡單/简单 (kán-tan) and Cantonese 簡單/简单 (gaan² daan¹).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "簡単",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "簡",
          "かん"
        ],
        [
          "単",
          "たん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単な",
      "roman": "kantan na",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "簡",
          "かん"
        ],
        [
          "単",
          "たん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adnominal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単に",
      "roman": "kantan ni",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "簡",
          "かん"
        ],
        [
          "単",
          "たん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単だろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かんたんだろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan daro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かんたんで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単だ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かんたんだ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan da",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単な",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かんたんな",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単なら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かんたんなら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan nara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単であれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かんたんであれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan de are",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単ではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単じゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かんたんではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かんたんじゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan de wa nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan ja nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単だった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かんたんだった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan datta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単ではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単じゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かんたんではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かんたんじゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan de wa nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan ja nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単です",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かんたんです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単ではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単じゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かんたんではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かんたんじゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan ja arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単でした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かんたんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単ではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単じゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かんたんではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かんたんじゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan ja arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かんたんで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単なら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かんたんなら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan nara (ba)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単だったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かんたんだったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan dattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単だろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かんたんだろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan darō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単に",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かんたんに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "簡単さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かんたんさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantansa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "かんたん",
        "infl": "な"
      },
      "expansion": "簡(かん)単(たん) • (kantan) -na (adnominal 簡(かん)単(たん)な (kantan na), adverbial 簡(かん)単(たん)に (kantan ni))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": ". に",
        "attributive": ". な",
        "conditional": ". なら(ば)",
        "conjunctive": ". で",
        "continuative": ". で",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": ". です",
        "formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
        "formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
        "formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
        "formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
        "formal_past": ". でした",
        "hypothetical": ". なら",
        "imperative": ". で あれ",
        "imperfective": ". だろ",
        "informal_negative": ". で は ない",
        "informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
        "informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
        "informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
        "informal_past": ". だった",
        "kana": "かんたん",
        "lemma": "簡単",
        "provisional": ". だったら",
        "terminal": ". だ",
        "volitional": ". だろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "easy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "easy",
          "easy"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "simple, uncomplicated"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "simple",
          "simple"
        ],
        [
          "uncomplicated",
          "uncomplicated"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "brief, light, short"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "brief",
          "brief"
        ],
        [
          "light",
          "light"
        ],
        [
          "short",
          "short"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "かんたん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kã̠ntã̠ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "簡単"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese adjectives",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters",
    "Japanese な-na adjectives"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "簡單",
        "id": "1,1"
      },
      "expansion": "簡單 (MC keanX tan)",
      "name": "ltc-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nan-hbl",
        "2": "簡單",
        "tr": "kán-tan"
      },
      "expansion": "Hokkien 簡單/简单 (kán-tan)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yue",
        "2": "簡單"
      },
      "expansion": "Cantonese 簡單/简单 (gaan² daan¹)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese 簡單 (MC keanX tan). Compare modern Hokkien 簡單/简单 (kán-tan) and Cantonese 簡單/简单 (gaan² daan¹).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "簡単",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "簡",
          "かん"
        ],
        [
          "単",
          "たん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantan",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "かんたん"
      },
      "expansion": "簡(かん)単(たん) • (kantan)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ease"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ease",
          "ease"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "simplicity"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "simplicity",
          "simplicity"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lightness, brevity"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lightness",
          "lightness"
        ],
        [
          "brevity",
          "brevity"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "かんたん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kã̠ntã̠ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "簡単"
}
{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "簡単"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "簡単",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "簡単"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "簡単",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-06-20 using wiktextract (1b9bfc5 and 0136956). 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.