See 美しい in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"roman": "minikui",
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"word": "醜い"
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"translation": "see the following entry.",
"word": "For pronunciation and definitions of 美しい"
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"word": "[adjective] beautiful"
},
{
"word": "Alternative spelling美わしい"
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},
{
"form": "美しかろ",
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{
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},
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"form": "utsukushikaro",
"source": "inflection",
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]
},
{
"form": "美しく",
"source": "inflection",
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"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "うつくしく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
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"form": "utsukushiku",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative"
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{
"form": "美しい",
"source": "inflection",
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"form": "うつくしい",
"source": "inflection",
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},
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"source": "inflection",
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},
{
"form": "美しい",
"source": "inflection",
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"stem"
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "utsukushii",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "美しけれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "うつくしけれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "utsukushikere",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "美しかれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "うつくしかれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "utsukushikare",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "美しくない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "うつくしくない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "utsukushiku nai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "美しかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "うつくしかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "utsukushikatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "美しくなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "うつくしくなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "utsukushiku nakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "美しいです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "うつくしいです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "utsukushii desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "美しくないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "うつくしくないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "utsukushiku nai desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "美しかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "うつくしかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "utsukushikatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "美しくなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "うつくしくなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "utsukushiku nakatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "美しくて",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "うつくしくて",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "utsukushikute",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "美しければ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "うつくしければ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "utsukushikereba",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "美しかったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "うつくしかったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "utsukushikattara",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "美しかろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "うつくしかろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "utsukushikarō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "美しく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "うつくしく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "utsukushiku",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "美しさ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "うつくしさ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "utsukushisa",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
}
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"degree": "さ",
"formal": "い です",
"formal_negative": "く ない です",
"formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
"formal_past": "かった です",
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"pos": "adj",
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30,
41
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"english": "A human-shaped beast with wings. Beautifully magnificent at dancing, but also nimble at attacking.",
"ref": "1999 July 22, “ハーピィ・レディ [Harpie Lady]”, in Vol.4, Konami:",
"roman": "Hito ni hane no haeta kemono. Utsukushiku karei ni mai, surudoku kōgeki suru.",
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"ひと"
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[
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[
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"か"
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[
"麗",
"れい"
],
[
"舞",
"ま"
],
[
"鋭",
"するど"
],
[
"攻",
"こう"
],
[
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"text": "人に羽のはえたけもの。美しく華麗に舞い、鋭く攻撃する。",
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"_dis": "0 67 17 0 0 17",
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{
"_dis": "5 53 10 6 5 21",
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"parents": [],
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{
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"source": "w+disamb"
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},
{
"_dis": "0 81 9 0 0 11",
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"source": "w+disamb"
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{
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{
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"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "0 93 3 0 0 4",
"kind": "other",
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{
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"word": "いとしい"
},
{
"word": "愛らしい"
},
{
"word": "かわいい"
}
],
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"Japanese",
"archaic"
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}
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"other": "うつくしい"
},
{
"ipa": "[ɯ̟t͡sɨ̥kɯ̟ɕiː]"
}
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"き"
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[
"麗",
"れい"
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"word": "綺麗"
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{
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"うるわ"
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"おい"
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{
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[
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"adverbial"
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{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ja-i",
"source": "inflection",
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"inflection-template"
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},
{
"form": "美しかろ",
"source": "inflection",
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"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "いしかろ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "ishikaro",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
]
},
{
"form": "美しく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "いしく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "ishiku",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative"
]
},
{
"form": "美しい",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "いしい",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "ishii",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "美しい",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "いしい",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "ishii",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive"
]
},
{
"form": "美しけれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "いしけれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "ishikere",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "美しかれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "いしかれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "ishikare",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "美しくない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "いしくない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "ishiku nai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "美しかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "いしかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ishikatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "美しくなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "いしくなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ishiku nakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "美しいです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "いしいです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "ishii desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "美しくないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "いしくないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "ishiku nai desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "美しかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "いしかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ishikatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "美しくなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "いしくなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ishiku nakatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "美しくて",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "いしくて",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "ishikute",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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"past"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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"past"
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{
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"english": "A human-shaped beast with wings. Beautifully magnificent at dancing, but also nimble at attacking.",
"ref": "1999 July 22, “ハーピィ・レディ [Harpie Lady]”, in Vol.4, Konami:",
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{
"form": "美しい",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "いしい",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "ishii",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive"
]
},
{
"form": "美しけれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "いしけれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "ishikere",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "美しかれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "いしかれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "ishikare",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "美しくない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "いしくない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "ishiku nai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "美しかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "いしかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ishikatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "美しくなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "いしくなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ishiku nakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "美しいです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "いしいです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "ishii desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "美しくないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "いしくないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "ishiku nai desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "美しかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "いしかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ishikatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "美しくなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "いしくなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ishiku nakatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "美しくて",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "いしくて",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "ishikute",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "美しければ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "いしければ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "ishikereba",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "美しかったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "いしかったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ishikattara",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "美しかろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "いしかろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "ishikarō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "美しく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "いしく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "ishiku",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "美しさ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "いしさ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "ishisa",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "いしい",
"infl": "i"
},
"expansion": "美(い)しい • (ishii) -i (adverbial 美(い)しく (ishiku))",
"name": "ja-adj"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"adverbial": "く",
"attributive": "い",
"conditional": "ければ",
"conjunctive": "くて",
"continuative": "く",
"degree": "さ",
"formal": "い です",
"formal_negative": "く ない です",
"formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
"formal_past": "かった です",
"hypothetical": "けれ",
"imperative": "かれ",
"imperfective": "かろ",
"informal_negative": "く ない",
"informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
"informal_past": "かった",
"kana": "いし",
"lemma": "美し",
"provisional": "かったら",
"terminal": "い",
"volitional": "かろう"
},
"name": "ja-adj-infl"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Japanese terms with archaic senses"
],
"glosses": [
"good; pleasant"
],
"links": [
[
"good",
"good"
],
[
"pleasant",
"pleasant"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic) good; pleasant"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "良い"
},
{
"word": "好ましい"
}
],
"tags": [
"archaic"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Japanese terms with archaic senses"
],
"glosses": [
"skillful"
],
"links": [
[
"skillful",
"skillful"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic) skillful"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "上手い"
},
{
"word": "上手"
}
],
"tags": [
"archaic"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Japanese terms with archaic senses"
],
"glosses": [
"admirable; praiseworthy"
],
"links": [
[
"admirable",
"admirable"
],
[
"praiseworthy",
"praiseworthy"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic) admirable; praiseworthy"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "健気"
},
{
"word": "殊勝"
}
],
"tags": [
"archaic"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Japanese terms with archaic senses"
],
"glosses": [
"delicious; tasty"
],
"links": [
[
"delicious",
"delicious"
],
[
"tasty",
"tasty"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic) delicious; tasty"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "美味い"
},
{
"word": "美味しい"
}
],
"tags": [
"archaic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "うつくしい"
},
{
"ipa": "[ɯ̟t͡sɨ̥kɯ̟ɕiː]"
}
],
"word": "美しい"
}
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