"薬缶" meaning in Japanese

See 薬缶 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ja̠kã̠ɴ] Forms: 薬缶 [canonical] (ruby: (), (かん)), 薬缶 ^ [canonical] (ruby: (かん)), yakan [romanization], yakkan [romanization], yakwan [romanization], やくわん [hiragana, historical], 藥罐 [alternative, kanji, kyūjitai], 藥罐 [alternative, kanji, kyūjitai]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|やかん|やっかん|hhira=やくわん}} 薬(や)缶(かん) or 薬(やっ)缶(かん) • (yakan or yakkan) ^(←やくわん (yakwan)?)
  1. a kettle (vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food)
    Sense id: en-薬缶-ja-noun-byw5UzEs Categories (other): Japanese terms read with on'yomi, Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with on'yomi: 53 47 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 53 47
  2. clipping of 薬缶頭 (“bald head”) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Alternative form of: 薬缶頭 (extra: bald head)
    Sense id: en-薬缶-ja-noun-qh0Zq2nJ Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms read with irregular kanji readings, Japanese terms read with on'yomi, 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, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Food and drink containers Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 34 66 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 26 74 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with irregular kanji readings: 22 78 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with on'yomi: 53 47 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 53 47 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 11 89 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 22 78 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 32 68 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92 Disambiguation of Food and drink containers: 33 67

Inflected forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "薬缶",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "薬",
          "や"
        ],
        [
          "缶",
          "かん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "薬缶 ^",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "缶",
          "かん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakan",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkan",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakwan",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やくわん",
      "roman": "yakwan",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "藥罐",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "kanji",
        "kyūjitai"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "藥罐",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "kanji",
        "kyūjitai"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "やかん",
        "2": "やっかん",
        "hhira": "やくわん"
      },
      "expansion": "薬(や)缶(かん) or 薬(やっ)缶(かん) • (yakan or yakkan) ^(←やくわん (yakwan)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms read with on'yomi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a kettle (vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food)"
      ],
      "id": "en-薬缶-ja-noun-byw5UzEs",
      "links": [
        [
          "kettle",
          "kettle"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "bald head",
          "word": "薬缶頭"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 85",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 74",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms read with irregular kanji readings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms read with on'yomi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 68",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 72",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 91",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 92",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 67",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Food and drink containers",
          "orig": "ja:Food and drink containers",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "clipping of 薬缶頭 (“bald head”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-薬缶-ja-noun-qh0Zq2nJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "薬缶頭",
          "薬缶頭#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "bald",
          "bald"
        ],
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "clipping"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "やかん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ja̠kã̠ɴ]"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "夜間"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "射干"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "野干"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "ja:やかん"
  ],
  "word": "薬缶"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms historically spelled with わ",
    "Japanese terms read with irregular kanji readings",
    "Japanese terms read with on'yomi",
    "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 缶 read as かん",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 薬",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 薬 read as やく",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent",
    "Japanese terms with homophones",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ja:Food and drink containers"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "薬缶",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "薬",
          "や"
        ],
        [
          "缶",
          "かん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "薬缶 ^",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "缶",
          "かん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakan",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkan",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakwan",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やくわん",
      "roman": "yakwan",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "藥罐",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "kanji",
        "kyūjitai"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "藥罐",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "kanji",
        "kyūjitai"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "やかん",
        "2": "やっかん",
        "hhira": "やくわん"
      },
      "expansion": "薬(や)缶(かん) or 薬(やっ)缶(かん) • (yakan or yakkan) ^(←やくわん (yakwan)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a kettle (vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "kettle",
          "kettle"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "bald head",
          "word": "薬缶頭"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Japanese clippings"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "clipping of 薬缶頭 (“bald head”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "薬缶頭",
          "薬缶頭#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "bald",
          "bald"
        ],
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "clipping"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "やかん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ja̠kã̠ɴ]"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "夜間"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "射干"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "野干"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "ja:やかん"
  ],
  "word": "薬缶"
}

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