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},
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"form": "自問自答して",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "じもんじとうして",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "jimonjitō shite",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "自問自答すれば",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "じもんじとうすれば",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "jimonjitō sureba",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"hypothetical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "じもんじとう"
},
"expansion": "自(じ)問(もん)自(じ)答(とう)する • (jimonjitō suru) suru (stem 自(じ)問(もん)自(じ)答(とう)し (jimonjitō shi), past 自(じ)問(もん)自(じ)答(とう)した (jimonjitō shita))",
"name": "ja-verb-suru"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"to answer one's own question"
],
"links": [
[
"answer",
"answer"
],
[
"question",
"question"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "じもんじとー"
},
{
"ipa": "[d͡ʑimõ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑito̞ː]"
}
],
"word": "自問自答"
}
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"path": [
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],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "自問自答",
"trace": ""
}
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"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Mizenkei (\"imperfective\")'",
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"自問自答"
],
"section": "Japanese",
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"title": "自問自答",
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}
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"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Ren’yōkei (\"continuative\")'",
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],
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"title": "自問自答",
"trace": ""
}
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"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Shūshikei (\"terminal\")'",
"path": [
"自問自答"
],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "自問自答",
"trace": ""
}
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"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Rentaikei (\"attributive\")'",
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"自問自答"
],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "自問自答",
"trace": ""
}
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"path": [
"自問自答"
],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "自問自答",
"trace": ""
}
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"path": [
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],
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"title": "自問自答",
"trace": ""
}
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