"螺子" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ne̞ʑi] Forms: 螺子 [canonical] (ruby: 螺子(ねじ)), 螺子 [canonical] (ruby: 螺子(ネジ)), neji [romanization], nedi [romanization], ねぢ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: /nedi/ → /ned͡ʑi/ The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of 上一段活用 (kami ichidan katsuyō, “upper monograde conjugation”) verb 捩じる (nejiru, “to screw, twist”). Alteratively, from the stem form of classical 上二段活用 (kami nidan katsuyō, “upper bigrade conjugation”) verb 捩づ (nedzu → nezu) of the same meaning. Etymology templates: {{m|ja|連用形||stem or continuative form|tr=ren'yōkei}} 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”), {{m|ja|上一段活用||upper monograde conjugation|tr=kami ichidan katsuyō}} 上一段活用 (kami ichidan katsuyō, “upper monograde conjugation”), {{m|ja|捩じる||to screw, twist|tr=nejiru}} 捩じる (nejiru, “to screw, twist”), {{m|ja|上二段活用||upper bigrade conjugation|tr=kami nidan katsuyō}} 上二段活用 (kami nidan katsuyō, “upper bigrade conjugation”), {{m|ja|捩づ|tr=nedzu → nezu}} 捩づ (nedzu → nezu) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ねじ|ネジ|hhira=ねぢ}} 螺子(ねじ) or 螺子(ネジ) • (neji) ^(←ねぢ (nedi)?)
  1. a screw
    Sense id: en-螺子-ja-noun-e8qUsTIP
  2. a spring or coil that can be wound, such as that of a clock
    Sense id: en-螺子-ja-noun-lVunQ9Zr Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 6 47 40 6 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 8 39 45 8 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 3 45 52 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 2 45 50 2
  3. (figurative) marbles (sanity) Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Simple machines
    Sense id: en-螺子-ja-noun-QvX90KlU Disambiguation of Simple machines: 9 35 46 9 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 6 47 40 6 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 3 42 56 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 3 41 54 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 8 39 45 8 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 3 45 52 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 2 45 50 2 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 3 42 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: スクリュー (sukuryū), 螺旋 (rasen) (ruby: (), (せん)), 捻子, 捩子, 螺旋 Related terms: 螺子が緩む (neji ga yurumu) (ruby: (), (), (ゆる)), 螺子を巻く (ruby: (), (), ()) (english: neji o maku)
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: 螺子穴 (neji ana) (ruby: (), (), (あな)), 螺子切 (nejikiri) (ruby: (), (), (きり)), 螺子錐 (nejigiri) (ruby: (), (), (ぎり)), 螺子釘 (nejikugi) (ruby: (), (), (くぎ)), 螺子口瓶 (neji kuchibin) (ruby: (), (), (くち), (びん)), 螺子ゲージ (neji gēji) (ruby: (), ()), 螺子コンベヤー (neji konbeyā) (ruby: (), ()), 螺子抜き (nejinuki) (ruby: (), (), ()), 螺子歯車 (neji haguruma) (ruby: (), (), (), (ぐるま)), 螺子鋲 (nejibyō) (ruby: (), (), (びょう)), 螺子プロペラ (neji puropera) (ruby: (), ()), 螺子ポンプ (neji ponpu) (ruby: (), ()), 螺子マウント (neji maunto) (ruby: (), ()), 螺子回し (nejimawashi) (ruby: (), (), (まわ)) (english: screwdriver), 螺子山 (nejiyama) (ruby: (), (), (やま)), 雄螺子 (o neji) (ruby: (), (), ()), 親螺子 (oya neji) (ruby: (おや), (), ()), 三角螺子 (sankaku neji) (ruby: (さん), (かく), (), ()), 止め螺子 (tomeneji) (ruby: (), (), ()), 左螺子 (hidari neji) (ruby: (ひだり), (), ()), プラス螺子 (purasu neji) (ruby: (), ()), 細目螺子 (hosome neji) (ruby: (ほそ), (), (), ()), 右螺子の法則 (migi neji no hōsoku) (ruby: (みぎ), (), (), (ほう), (そく)), メートル螺子 (mētoru neji) (ruby: (), ()), 雌螺子 (me neji) (ruby: (), (), ()), 木螺子 (mokuneji) (ruby: (もく), (), ())

Noun

IPA: [ɾa̠ɕi] Forms: 螺子 [canonical] (ruby: (), ()), rashi [romanization]
Etymology: From 螺 (ra, “generic name for shellfish with spiral shells”) + 子 (-shi, diminutive suffix). Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|螺|子|pos2=diminutive suffix|t1=generic name for shellfish with spiral shells|tr1=ra|tr2=-shi}} 螺 (ra, “generic name for shellfish with spiral shells”) + 子 (-shi, diminutive suffix) Head templates: {{ja-noun|らし}} 螺(ら)子(し) • (rashi)
  1. a screw Synonyms: スクリュー, 螺子釘
    Sense id: en-螺子-ja-noun-e8qUsTIP1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "neji ana",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "螺",
          "ね"
        ],
        [
          "子",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "穴",
          "あな"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "螺子穴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "nejikiri",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "螺",
          "ね"
        ],
        [
          "子",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "切",
          "きり"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "螺子切"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "nejigiri",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "螺",
          "ね"
        ],
        [
          "子",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "錐",
          "ぎり"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "螺子錐"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "nejikugi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "螺",
          "ね"
        ],
        [
          "子",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "釘",
          "くぎ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "螺子釘"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "neji kuchibin",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "螺",
          "ね"
        ],
        [
          "子",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "口",
          "くち"
        ],
        [
          "瓶",
          "びん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "螺子口瓶"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "neji gēji",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "螺",
          "ね"
        ],
        [
          "子",
          "じ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "螺子ゲージ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "neji konbeyā",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "螺",
          "ね"
        ],
        [
          "子",
          "じ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "螺子コンベヤー"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "nejinuki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "螺",
          "ね"
        ],
        [
          "子",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "抜",
          "ぬ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "螺子抜き"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "neji haguruma",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "螺",
          "ね"
        ],
        [
          "子",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "歯",
          "は"
        ],
        [
          "車",
          "ぐるま"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "螺子歯車"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "nejibyō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "螺",
          "ね"
        ],
        [
          "子",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "鋲",
          "びょう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "螺子鋲"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "neji puropera",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "螺",
          "ね"
        ],
        [
          "子",
          "じ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "螺子プロペラ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "neji ponpu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "螺",
          "ね"
        ],
        [
          "子",
          "じ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "螺子ポンプ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "neji maunto",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "螺",
          "ね"
        ],
        [
          "子",
          "じ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "螺子マウント"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "screwdriver",
      "roman": "nejimawashi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "螺",
          "ね"
        ],
        [
          "子",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "回",
          "まわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "螺子回し"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "nejiyama",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "螺",
          "ね"
        ],
        [
          "子",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "山",
          "やま"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "螺子山"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "o neji",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "雄",
          "お"
        ],
        [
          "螺",
          "ね"
        ],
        [
          "子",
          "じ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "雄螺子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "oya neji",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "親",
          "おや"
        ],
        [
          "螺",
          "ね"
        ],
        [
          "子",
          "じ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "親螺子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "sankaku neji",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "三",
          "さん"
        ],
        [
          "角",
          "かく"
        ],
        [
          "螺",
          "ね"
        ],
        [
          "子",
          "じ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "三角螺子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "tomeneji",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "止",
          "と"
        ],
        [
          "螺",
          "ね"
        ],
        [
          "子",
          "じ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "止め螺子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "hidari neji",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "左",
          "ひだり"
        ],
        [
          "螺",
          "ね"
        ],
        [
          "子",
          "じ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "左螺子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "purasu neji",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "螺",
          "ね"
        ],
        [
          "子",
          "じ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "プラス螺子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "hosome neji",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "細",
          "ほそ"
        ],
        [
          "目",
          "め"
        ],
        [
          "螺",
          "ね"
        ],
        [
          "子",
          "じ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "細目螺子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "migi neji no hōsoku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "右",
          "みぎ"
        ],
        [
          "螺",
          "ね"
        ],
        [
          "子",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "法",
          "ほう"
        ],
        [
          "則",
          "そく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "右螺子の法則"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "mētoru neji",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "螺",
          "ね"
        ],
        [
          "子",
          "じ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "メートル螺子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "me neji",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "雌",
          "め"
        ],
        [
          "螺",
          "ね"
        ],
        [
          "子",
          "じ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "雌螺子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "mokuneji",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "木",
          "もく"
        ],
        [
          "螺",
          "ね"
        ],
        [
          "子",
          "じ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "木螺子"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "連用形",
        "3": "",
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        "tr": "ren'yōkei"
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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    },
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        "3": "",
        "4": "to screw, twist",
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      },
      "expansion": "捩づ (nedzu → nezu)",
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    {
      "form": "螺子",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "螺子",
          "ねじ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "螺子",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "螺子",
          "ネジ"
        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "neji",
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        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nedi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねぢ",
      "roman": "nedi",
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        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ネジ",
        "hhira": "ねぢ"
      },
      "expansion": "螺子(ねじ) or 螺子(ネジ) • (neji) ^(←ねぢ (nedi)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "neji ga yurumu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "螺",
          "ね"
        ],
        [
          "子",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "緩",
          "ゆる"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "螺子が緩む"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "neji o maku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "螺",
          "ね"
        ],
        [
          "子",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "巻",
          "ま"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "螺子を巻く"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "a screw"
      ],
      "id": "en-螺子-ja-noun-e8qUsTIP",
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        [
          "screw",
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          "_dis": "3 45 52",
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      "glosses": [
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      "id": "en-螺子-ja-noun-lVunQ9Zr",
      "links": [
        [
          "spring",
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          "wound",
          "wind"
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        [
          "clock",
          "clock"
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 42 56",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
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            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
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          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 41 54 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
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            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 39 45 8",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 45 52",
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          "parents": [
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        {
          "_dis": "2 45 50 2",
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        {
          "_dis": "3 42 55",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 35 46 9",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Simple machines",
          "orig": "ja:Simple machines",
          "parents": [
            "Machines",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "頭",
              "あたま"
            ],
            [
              "飛",
              "と"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "頭のネジが飛んだ\natama no neji ga tonda\ncrazy\n(literally, “the screws in one's head have flown elsewhere”)"
        },
        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "頭",
              "あたま"
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            [
              "外",
              "はず"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "頭のネジが外れている\natama no neji ga hazureteiru\ncrazy\n(literally, “the screws in one's head are loose”)"
        },
        {
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              "頭",
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              "弱",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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  ],
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          "びん"
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      "roman": "neji gēji",
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          "歯",
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      "roman": "neji ponpu",
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      "roman": "me neji",
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          "螺",
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      "roman": "mokuneji",
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          "螺",
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      "english": "neji o maku",
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              "飛",
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          "english": "that girl's a bit crazy in the head\n(literally, “that girl's screws are slightly loose”)",
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          "roman": "ano ko wa ne, atama no sa, neji ga chotto yowakutte ne",
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              "頭",
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        "marbles (sanity)"
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      "other": "ねじ"
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      "ipa": "[ne̞ʑi]"
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      "roman": "sukuryū",
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      "roman": "rasen",
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          "旋",
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      ],
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    {
      "word": "捻子"
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    {
      "word": "捩子"
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    {
      "word": "螺旋"
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    "Daijisen",
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}

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        {
          "word": "スクリュー"
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        {
          "word": "螺子釘"
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      "other": "らし"
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      "ipa": "[ɾa̠ɕi]"
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