"蜉蝣" meaning in Japanese

See 蜉蝣 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ka̠ɡe̞ɾo̞ː] Forms: 蜉蝣 [canonical] (ruby: 蜉蝣(かげろう)), 蜉蝣 [canonical] (ruby: 蜉蝣(カゲロウ)), kagerō [romanization], kagerofu [romanization], かげろふ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Change in meaning from 陽炎 (kagerō, “heat haze, heat shimmer”), from the way that the insects fly in swarms that visually resemble heat haze. The kanji is jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 蜉蝣 (fúyóu). Etymology templates: {{sortkey|ja|蜉蝣}} かけろう, {{juku}} jukujikun (熟字訓), {{der|ja|zh|蜉蝣}} Chinese 蜉蝣 (fúyóu) Head templates: {{ja-noun|かげろう|カゲロウ|hhira=かげろふ}} 蜉蝣(かげろう) or 蜉蝣(カゲロウ) • (kagerō) ^(←かげろふ (kagerofu)?)
  1. a mayfly Synonyms: 朝顔
    Sense id: en-蜉蝣-ja-noun-PMaGHNDy
  2. (obsolete) Synonym of 蜻蛉 (tonbo, “dragonfly”) Tags: obsolete Synonyms: 蜻蛉 [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-蜉蝣-ja-noun-xIWK9OAc Categories (other): Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 蜉蝣の命: → a metaphor for a short life (kagerō no inochi) (ruby: 蜉蝣(かげろう), (いのち)) (english: a mayfly's life)
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ka̠ɡʲiɾo̞ː] Forms: 蜉蝣 [canonical] (ruby: 蜉蝣(かぎろう)), kagirō [romanization], kagirofu [romanization], かぎろふ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Change in meaning from 陽炎 (kagirō, “heat haze, heat shimmer”), from the way that the insects fly in swarms that visually resemble heat haze. Obsolete reading. Head templates: {{ja-noun|かぎろう|hist=かぎろふ}} 蜉蝣(かぎろう) • (kagirō) ^(←かぎろふ (kagirofu)?)
  1. (obsolete) Synonym of 蜻蛉 (tonbo, “dragonfly”) Tags: obsolete Synonyms: 蜻蛉 [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-蜉蝣-ja-noun-xIWK9OAc1 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [ɸɯ̟jɯ̟ː] Forms: 蜉蝣 [canonical] (ruby: (), (ゆう)), fuyū [romanization], fuiu [romanization], ふいう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 蜉蝣 (MC bjuw yuw). Compare Mandarin 蜉蝣 (fúyóu), Vietnamese phù du. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=ふゆう}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|蜉蝣}} 蜉蝣 (MC bjuw yuw), {{cog|cmn|蜉蝣|tr=fúyóu}} Mandarin 蜉蝣 (fúyóu), {{cog|vi|phù du}} Vietnamese phù du Head templates: {{ja-noun|ふゆう|hist=ふいう}} 蜉(ふ)蝣(ゆう) • (fuyū) ^(←ふいう (fuiu)?)
  1. a mayfly
    Sense id: en-蜉蝣-ja-noun-PMaGHNDy1
  2. (by extension) ephemerality (from the way that mayflies are born and die within a day) Tags: broadly Categories (lifeform): Dragonflies and damselflies, Insects
    Sense id: en-蜉蝣-ja-noun-~DI6YYs8 Disambiguation of Dragonflies and damselflies: 10 11 11 10 58 Disambiguation of Insects: 9 12 12 9 57 Categories (other): 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 multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 1 5 16 1 76 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 2 7 25 2 64 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 2 7 24 2 67 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 11 20 20 11 38 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 3 9 12 3 72 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 1 8 26 1 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 蜉蝣の一期: → a metaphor for a short life (fuyū no ichigo) (ruby: (), (ゆう), (いち), ()) (english: a mayfly's life)
Etymology number: 3
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kagirofu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かぎろふ",
      "roman": "kagirofu",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "かぎろう",
        "hist": "かぎろふ"
      },
      "expansion": "蜉蝣(かぎろう) • (kagirō) ^(←かぎろふ (kagirofu)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of 蜻蛉 (tonbo, “dragonfly”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "蜻蛉",
          "蜻蛉#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "dragonfly",
          "dragonfly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Synonym of 蜻蛉 (tonbo, “dragonfly”)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "extra": "tonbo, “dragonfly”",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "蜻蛉"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠ɡʲiɾo̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "ja:蜉蝣"
  ],
  "word": "蜉蝣"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese terms spelled with hyōgai kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "ja:Dragonflies and damselflies",
    "ja:Insects"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "-",
        "sort": "ふゆう"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "蜉蝣"
      },
      "expansion": "蜉蝣 (MC bjuw yuw)",
      "name": "ltc-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cmn",
        "2": "蜉蝣",
        "tr": "fúyóu"
      },
      "expansion": "Mandarin 蜉蝣 (fúyóu)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "phù du"
      },
      "expansion": "Vietnamese phù du",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese 蜉蝣 (MC bjuw yuw). Compare Mandarin 蜉蝣 (fúyóu), Vietnamese phù du.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "蜉蝣",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "蜉",
          "ふ"
        ],
        [
          "蝣",
          "ゆう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fuyū",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fuiu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ふいう",
      "roman": "fuiu",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ふゆう",
        "hist": "ふいう"
      },
      "expansion": "蜉(ふ)蝣(ゆう) • (fuyū) ^(←ふいう (fuiu)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "a mayfly's life",
      "roman": "fuyū no ichigo",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "蜉",
          "ふ"
        ],
        [
          "蝣",
          "ゆう"
        ],
        [
          "一",
          "いち"
        ],
        [
          "期",
          "ご"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "蜉蝣の一期: → a metaphor for a short life"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a mayfly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mayfly",
          "mayfly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ephemerality (from the way that mayflies are born and die within a day)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ephemerality",
          "ephemerality"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) ephemerality (from the way that mayflies are born and die within a day)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ふゆう"
    },
    {
      "other": "ふゆう"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɸɯ̟jɯ̟ː]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "ja:蜉蝣"
  ],
  "word": "蜉蝣"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 蜉蝣 meaning in Japanese (6.6kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-09-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-08-20 using wiktextract (8e41825 and f99c758). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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