"細工" meaning in Japanese

See 細工 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [sa̠ikɯ̟] Forms: 細工 [canonical] (ruby: (さい), ()), saiku [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|さいく}} 細(さい)工(く) • (saiku)
  1. workmanship
    Sense id: en-細工-ja-noun-FfsjBHlB
  2. trick, trickery, manipulation
    Sense id: en-細工-ja-noun-Ff3a3Pcq

Verb

IPA: [sa̠ikɯ̟]
Head templates: {{ja-verb-suru|さいく}} 細(さい)工(く)する • (saiku suru) suru (stem 細(さい)工(く)し (saiku shi), past 細(さい)工(く)した (saiku shita)) Forms: 細工する [canonical] (ruby: (さい), ()), saiku suru [romanization], 細工し [stem] (ruby: (さい), ()), 細工した [past] (ruby: (さい), ()), no-table-tags [table-tags], 細工し [error-unrecognized-form], さいくし [error-unrecognized-form], saiku shi [error-unrecognized-form], 細工する [error-unrecognized-form], さいくする [error-unrecognized-form], saiku suru [error-unrecognized-form], 細工すれ [error-unrecognized-form], さいくすれ [error-unrecognized-form], saiku sure [error-unrecognized-form], 細工せよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], 細工しろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], さいくせよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], さいくしろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], saiku seyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], saiku shiro [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], 細工される [passive], さいくされる [passive], saiku sareru [passive], 細工させる [causative], 細工さす [causative], さいくさせる [causative], さいくさす [causative], saiku saseru [causative], saiku sasu [causative], 細工できる [potential], さいくできる [potential], saiku dekiru [potential], 細工しよう [volitional], さいくしよう [volitional], saiku shiyō [volitional], 細工しない [negative], さいくしない [negative], saiku shinai [negative], 細工せず [continuative, negative], さいくせず [continuative, negative], saiku sezu [continuative, negative], 細工します [formal], さいくします [formal], saiku shimasu [formal], 細工した [perfective], さいくした [perfective], saiku shita [perfective], 細工して [conjunctive], さいくして [conjunctive], saiku shite [conjunctive], 細工すれば [conditional, hypothetical], さいくすれば [conditional, hypothetical], saiku sureba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to work on
    Sense id: en-細工-ja-verb-RgZvP2zW Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, 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 redundant sortkeys, Japanese verbs without transitivity Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 12 17 6 6 33 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 17 7 6 32 26 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 5 4 48 43 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 5 4 49 42 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 5 5 51 39 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 9 8 46 38 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 5 5 51 39 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 5 4 50 40
  2. to cook up, to use tricks, to juggle with (facts, numbers), to cook the books
    Sense id: en-細工-ja-verb-ujFdLHdz Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 12 17 6 6 33 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 17 7 6 32 26 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 5 4 48 43 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 5 4 49 42 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 9 8 46 38
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "細工",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "細",
          "さい"
        ],
        [
          "工",
          "く"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saiku",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "さいく"
      },
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      "name": "ja-noun"
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  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
      "id": "en-細工-ja-noun-FfsjBHlB",
      "links": [
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        "trick, trickery, manipulation"
      ],
      "id": "en-細工-ja-noun-Ff3a3Pcq",
      "links": [
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          "trick",
          "trick"
        ],
        [
          "trickery",
          "trickery"
        ],
        [
          "manipulation",
          "manipulation"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "さいく"
    },
    {
      "other": "さいく"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sa̠ikɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "細工"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "細工する",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "細",
          "さい"
        ],
        [
          "工",
          "く"
        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
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      "form": "saiku suru",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "form": "細工し",
      "roman": "saiku shi",
      "ruby": [
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          "細",
          "さい"
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        [
          "工",
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        "stem"
      ]
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      "form": "細工した",
      "roman": "saiku shita",
      "ruby": [
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          "細",
          "さい"
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          "工",
          "く"
        ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "細工し",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "さいくし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saiku shi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "細工する",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
      "form": "さいくする",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "saiku suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
      "form": "細工すれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さいくすれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saiku sure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "細工せよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "細工しろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さいくせよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さいくしろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saiku seyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saiku shiro",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "細工される",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さいくされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saiku sareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "細工させる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "細工さす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さいくさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さいくさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saiku saseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saiku sasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "細工できる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さいくできる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saiku dekiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "細工しよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さいくしよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saiku shiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "細工しない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さいくしない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saiku shinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "細工せず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さいくせず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saiku sezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "細工します",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さいくします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saiku shimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "細工した",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さいくした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saiku shita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "細工して",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さいくして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saiku shite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "細工すれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さいくすれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saiku sureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "ja-verb-suru"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 17 6 6 33 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 17 7 6 32 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 4 48 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 4 49 42",
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          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
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        {
          "_dis": "5 5 51 39",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to work on"
      ],
      "id": "en-細工-ja-verb-RgZvP2zW",
      "links": [
        [
          "work",
          "work"
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    },
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          "_dis": "9 8 46 38",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to cook up, to use tricks, to juggle with (facts, numbers), to cook the books"
      ],
      "id": "en-細工-ja-verb-ujFdLHdz",
      "links": [
        [
          "cook up",
          "cook up"
        ],
        [
          "juggle",
          "juggle"
        ],
        [
          "cook",
          "cook"
        ]
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "さいく"
    },
    {
      "other": "さいく"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sa̠ikɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "細工"
}
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    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese verbs",
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "細工",
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          "細",
          "さい"
        ],
        [
          "工",
          "く"
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      "form": "saiku",
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  "lang": "Japanese",
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  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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        [
          "workmanship",
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      "glosses": [
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      ],
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      "other": "さいく"
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      "other": "さいく"
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      "ipa": "[sa̠ikɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
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}

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    {
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          "く"
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          "細",
          "さい"
        ],
        [
          "工",
          "く"
        ]
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    },
    {
      "form": "細工した",
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        [
          "細",
          "さい"
        ],
        [
          "工",
          "く"
        ]
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        "past"
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    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
      "form": "細工し",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
      "form": "さいくし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saiku shi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "細工する",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さいくする",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "saiku suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "細工すれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さいくすれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saiku sure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "細工せよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "細工しろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
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      "form": "さいくせよ",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
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      "form": "さいくしろ",
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        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saiku seyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saiku shiro",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "細工される",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さいくされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saiku sareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "細工させる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "細工さす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さいくさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さいくさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saiku saseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saiku sasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "細工できる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さいくできる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saiku dekiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "細工しよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さいくしよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saiku shiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "細工しない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さいくしない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saiku shinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "細工せず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さいくせず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saiku sezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "細工します",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さいくします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saiku shimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "細工した",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さいくした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saiku shita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "細工して",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さいくして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saiku shite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "細工すれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さいくすれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saiku sureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "さいく"
      },
      "expansion": "細(さい)工(く)する • (saiku suru) suru (stem 細(さい)工(く)し (saiku shi), past 細(さい)工(く)した (saiku shita))",
      "name": "ja-verb-suru"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to work on"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to cook up, to use tricks, to juggle with (facts, numbers), to cook the books"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cook up",
          "cook up"
        ],
        [
          "juggle",
          "juggle"
        ],
        [
          "cook",
          "cook"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "さいく"
    },
    {
      "other": "さいく"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sa̠ikɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "細工"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 細工 meaning in Japanese (6.7kB)

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

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Mizenkei (\"imperfective\")'",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "細工",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "path": [
    "細工"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "細工",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Shūshikei (\"terminal\")'",
  "path": [
    "細工"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "細工",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
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  "path": [
    "細工"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "細工",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "path": [
    "細工"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "細工",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "細工",
  "trace": ""
}

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