"草芥" meaning in Japanese

See 草芥 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [so̞ːka̠i] Forms: 草芥 [canonical] (ruby: 草(そう), 芥(かい)), sōkai [romanization], saukai [romanization], さうかい [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|そうかい|hhira=さうかい}} 草(そう)芥(かい) • (sōkai) ^(←さうかい (saukai)?)
  1. weed and trash; trash
    Sense id: en-草芥-ja-noun-lngTLR0c Categories (other): Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [so̞ːka̠i], [so̞ːɡa̠i], [so̞ːka̠i] Forms: 草芥 [canonical] (ruby: 草(そう), 芥(がい)), sōgai [romanization], saugai [romanization], さうがい [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|そうがい|hhira=さうがい}} 草(そう)芥(がい) • (sōgai) ^(←さうがい (saugai)?)
  1. alternative form of 草芥 (sōkai): weed and trash; trash Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: 草芥 (extra: (sōkai): weed and trash; trash)
    Sense id: en-草芥-ja-noun-GH-M1YaL Categories (other): Forms linking to themselves, 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 Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 6 94 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 14 86 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 32 68 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 13 87 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 18 82 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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    {
      "form": "草芥",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "草",
          "そう"
        ],
        [
          "芥",
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        ]
      ],
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    },
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      "ipa": "[so̞ːka̠i]"
    }
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          "_dis": "32 68",
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          "weed",
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          "trash"
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    },
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      "ipa": "[so̞ːɡa̠i]"
    },
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[so̞ːka̠i]"
    }
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    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent",
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      "other": "そーかい"
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      "ipa": "[so̞ːka̠i]"
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}

Download raw JSONL data for 草芥 meaning in Japanese (3.0kB)

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