"蝸牛" meaning in Japanese

See 蝸牛 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ka̠ɡʲɨː] Forms: 蝸牛 [canonical] (ruby: (), (ぎゅう)), kagyū [romanization], kwagiu [romanization], くわぎう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese compound 蝸牛/蜗牛 (kwæ ngjuw, literally “snail + cow”). Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|ltc|-|sort=かぎゅう}} Middle Chinese Head templates: {{ja-noun|かぎゅう|hhira=くわぎう}} 蝸(か)牛(ぎゅう) • (kagyū) ^(←くわぎう (kwagiu)?)
  1. a snail Categories (lifeform): Snails
    Sense id: en-蝸牛-ja-noun-gbRTCeFa Disambiguation of Snails: 28 17 28 28
  2. (anatomy) cochlea Categories (topical): Anatomy Categories (lifeform): Snails
    Sense id: en-蝸牛-ja-noun-DPL2iDej Disambiguation of Snails: 28 17 28 28 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, 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, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 3 91 3 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 3 91 3 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 3 90 3 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 15 54 15 15 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 8 76 8 8 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 3 92 3 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 10 70 10 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 70 10 10 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 蝸牛角上の争い (kagyūkakujō no arasoi) (ruby: (), (ぎゅう), (かく), (じょう), (あらそ)), 蝸牛管 (kagyūkan) (ruby: (), (ぎゅう), (かん))
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ka̠ta̠t͡sɨmɯ̟ɾʲi] Forms: 蝸牛 [canonical] (ruby: 蝸牛(かたつむり)), 蝸牛 [canonical] (ruby: 蝸牛(カタツムリ)), katatsumuri [romanization]
Etymology: Alteration of katatsuburi, in turn a compound of 堅 (kata, stem of adjective 固い (katai, “hard”)) + つぶり (tsuburi, “small round thing”, cognate with 頭 (tsuburi, “head”), 粒 (tsubu, “grain or kernel of rice”)). The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓). Etymology templates: {{juku|sort=かたつむり}} jukujikun (熟字訓) Head templates: {{ja-noun|かたつむり|カタツムリ}} 蝸牛(かたつむり) or 蝸牛(カタツムリ) • (katatsumuri)
  1. a snail Categories (lifeform): Snails Synonyms (snail): 舞舞 (maimai), 舞舞螺 (maimaitsuburi) Derived forms: 食用蝸牛 (shokuyōkatatsumuri) (ruby: (しょく), (よう), (かた), (つむり))
    Sense id: en-蝸牛-ja-noun-gbRTCeFa1 Disambiguation of Snails: 28 17 28 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [dẽ̞ndẽ̞mːɯ̟ɕi] Forms: 蝸牛 [canonical] (ruby: 蝸牛(でんでんむし)), dendenmushi [romanization]
Etymology: Alteration of ででむし (dedemushi, “snail”), itself a compound of でで (dede, from 出 (de, “come out”), from an old children's nursery rhyme calling for a snail to put out its eyestalks) + 虫 (mushi, “bug”). Head templates: {{ja-noun|でんでんむし}} 蝸牛(でんでんむし) • (dendenmushi)
  1. a snail Categories (lifeform): Snails Derived forms: 薄皮蝸牛 (usukawamaimai) (ruby: 薄皮蝸牛(うすかわまいまい)), 左巻蝸牛 (hidarimakimaimai) (ruby: (ひだり), 巻蝸牛(まきまいまい)), 一条蝸牛 (hitosujimaimai) (ruby: 一条蝸牛(ひとすじまいまい)), 蝸牛被 (maimaikaburi) (ruby: 蝸牛(まいまい), (かぶり)), 三条蝸牛 (misujimaimai) (ruby: 三条(みすじ), 蝸牛(まいまい))
    Sense id: en-蝸牛-ja-noun-gbRTCeFa1 Disambiguation of Snails: 28 17 28 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3
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      "glosses": [
        "cochlea"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "cochlea",
          "cochlea"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) cochlea"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "かぎゅう"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠ɡʲɨː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "蝸牛"
}

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  "derived": [
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      "roman": "shokuyōkatatsumuri",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "食",
          "しょく"
        ],
        [
          "用",
          "よう"
        ],
        [
          "蝸",
          "かた"
        ],
        [
          "牛",
          "つむり"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "食用蝸牛"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
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      "args": {
        "sort": "かたつむり"
      },
      "expansion": "jukujikun (熟字訓)",
      "name": "juku"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Alteration of katatsuburi, in turn a compound of 堅 (kata, stem of adjective 固い (katai, “hard”)) + つぶり (tsuburi, “small round thing”, cognate with 頭 (tsuburi, “head”), 粒 (tsubu, “grain or kernel of rice”)).\nThe kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓).",
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    {
      "form": "蝸牛",
      "ruby": [
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          "蝸牛",
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        {
          "english": "A snail that evolved with the help of dark power. It can move quickly now that it has limbs.",
          "ref": "1999 March 18, “デビルツムリ [Devilsnail]”, in Starter Box(スターターボックス), Konami:",
          "roman": "Yami no chikara de shinka shita katatsumuri. Te ya ashi ga ari, hayaku ugokeru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "闇",
              "やみ"
            ],
            [
              "力",
              "ちから"
            ],
            [
              "進",
              "しん"
            ],
            [
              "化",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "手",
              "て"
            ],
            [
              "足",
              "あし"
            ],
            [
              "速",
              "はや"
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              "動",
              "うご"
            ]
          ],
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          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "A snail that was mechanically enhanced, which didn’t make it any quicker.",
          "ref": "2000 April 20, “メカニカルスネイル [Mechanical Snail]”, in Magic Ruler -魔法の支配者-, Konami:",
          "roman": "Kikai ni kaizō sareta katatsumuri. Shikashi, supīdo wa amari kawaranai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "機",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "械",
              "かい"
            ],
            [
              "改",
              "かい"
            ],
            [
              "造",
              "ぞう"
            ],
            [
              "変",
              "か"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "機械に改造されたカタツムリ。しかし、スピードはあまり変わらない。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a snail"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "snail",
          "snail"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "かたつむり"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠ta̠t͡sɨmɯ̟ɾʲi]"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "roman": "maimai",
      "sense": "snail",
      "word": "舞舞"
    },
    {
      "roman": "maimaitsuburi",
      "sense": "snail",
      "word": "舞舞螺"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Daijirin",
    "Snail",
    "ja:カタツムリ"
  ],
  "word": "蝸牛"
}

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      "roman": "usukawamaimai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "薄皮蝸牛",
          "うすかわまいまい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "薄皮蝸牛"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hidarimakimaimai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "左",
          "ひだり"
        ],
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          "巻蝸牛",
          "まきまいまい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "左巻蝸牛"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hitosujimaimai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "一条蝸牛",
          "ひとすじまいまい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "一条蝸牛"
    },
    {
      "roman": "maimaikaburi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "蝸牛",
          "まいまい"
        ],
        [
          "被",
          "かぶり"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "蝸牛被"
    },
    {
      "roman": "misujimaimai",
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        [
          "三条",
          "みすじ"
        ],
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          "蝸牛",
          "まいまい"
        ]
      ],
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  "etymology_number": 3,
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "蝸牛",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "蝸牛",
          "でんでんむし"
        ]
      ],
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    },
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      "form": "dendenmushi",
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      ]
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        "1": "でんでんむし"
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      ],
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    }
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    {
      "other": "でんでんむし"
    },
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      "ipa": "[dẽ̞ndẽ̞mːɯ̟ɕi]"
    }
  ],
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    "Daijirin"
  ],
  "word": "蝸牛"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 蝸牛 meaning in Japanese (7.1kB)

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