"覆う" meaning in Japanese

See 覆う in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [o̞ːɯ̟ᵝ]
Etymology: /opu pu/ → /opopu/ → /ofofu/ → */owou/ → /oːu/ From the Old Japanese verb 覆ふ (opu, “cover from above”) + ふ (-fu, auxiliary verb modifier, expressing repetition or ongoing state). Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{m|ja|覆ふ||cover from above|tr=opu}} 覆ふ (opu, “cover from above”), {{m|ja|ふ|pos=auxiliary verb modifier, expressing repetition or ongoing state|tr=-fu}} ふ (-fu, auxiliary verb modifier, expressing repetition or ongoing state) Head templates: {{ja-verb|おおう|hhira=おほふ|tr=trans|type=1}} 覆(おお)う • (ōu) ^(←おほふ (ofofu)?)transitive godan (stem 覆(おお)い (ōi), past 覆(おお)った (ōtta)) Inflection templates: {{ja-conj-bungo|おほ|4-p}} Forms: 覆う [canonical] (ruby: (おお)), ōu [romanization], ofofu [romanization], 覆い [stem] (ruby: (おお)), 覆った [past] (ruby: (おお)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 覆わ [error-unrecognized-form], おおわ [error-unrecognized-form], ōwa [error-unrecognized-form], 覆い [error-unrecognized-form], おおい [error-unrecognized-form], ōi [error-unrecognized-form], 覆う [error-unrecognized-form], おおう [error-unrecognized-form], ōu [error-unrecognized-form], 覆え [error-unrecognized-form], おおえ [error-unrecognized-form], ōe [error-unrecognized-form], 覆われる [passive], おおわれる [passive], ōwareru [passive], 覆わせる [causative], 覆わす [causative], おおわせる [causative], おおわす [causative], ōwaseru [causative], ōwasu [causative], 覆える [potential], おおえる [potential], ōeru [potential], 覆おう [volitional], おおおう [volitional], ōō [volitional], 覆わない [negative], おおわない [negative], ōwanai [negative], 覆わず [continuative, negative], おおわず [continuative, negative], ōwazu [continuative, negative], 覆います [formal], おおいます [formal], ōimasu [formal], 覆った [perfective], おおった [perfective], ōtta [perfective], 覆って [conjunctive], おおって [conjunctive], ōtte [conjunctive], 覆えば [conditional, hypothetical], おおえば [conditional, hypothetical], ōeba [conditional, hypothetical], no-table-tags [table-tags], 覆は [irrealis, stem], おほは [irrealis, stem], ofofa [irrealis], 覆ひ [continuative, stem], おほひ [continuative, stem], ofofi [continuative], 覆ふ [stem, terminative], おほふ [stem, terminative], ofofu [terminative], 覆ふ [attributive, stem], おほふ [attributive, stem], ofofu [attributive], 覆へ [realis, stem], おほへ [realis, stem], ofofe [realis], 覆へ [imperative, stem], おほへ [imperative, stem], ofofe [imperative], 覆はず [negative], おほはず [negative], ofofazu [negative], 覆へど [contrastive], おほへど [contrastive], ofofedo [contrastive], 覆へば [causative], おほへば [causative], ofofeba [causative], 覆はば [conditional], おほはば [conditional], ofofaba [conditional], 覆ひき [past], おほひき [past], ofofiki [past], 覆ひけり [past], おほひけり [past], ofofikeri [past], 覆ひつ [perfect], おほひつ [perfect], ofofitu [perfect], 覆ひぬ [perfect], おほひぬ [perfect], ofofinu [perfect], 覆へり [continuative, perfect], 覆ひたり [continuative, perfect], おほへり [continuative, perfect], おほひたり [continuative, perfect], ofoferi [continuative, perfect], ofofitari [continuative, perfect], 覆はむ [volitional], おほはむ [volitional], ofofamu [volitional]
  1. to cover
    Sense id: en-覆う-ja-verb-HmfwMVjo
  2. to cover up, to conceal, to hide
    Sense id: en-覆う-ja-verb-esbLQde6 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 6 61 11 21 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 9 57 17 17 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 7 67 12 15 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 7 66 12 15 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 6 62 17 15 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 7 67 11 14
  3. to permeate, to spread throughout
    Sense id: en-覆う-ja-verb-GDGIEkVd
  4. to include everything
    Sense id: en-覆う-ja-verb-iaaGHarj

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      "form": "ōwareru",
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      "form": "覆わせる",
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      "form": "おほへど",
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      "form": "ofofedo",
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      "form": "覆へば",
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      "form": "おほへば",
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        "causative"
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        "causative"
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      "form": "おほはば",
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      "tags": [
        "conditional"
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      "form": "ofofaba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
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      "form": "覆ひき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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      "form": "おほひき",
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      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ofofiki",
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      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "覆ひけり",
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      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おほひけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ofofikeri",
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      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覆ひつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おほひつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ofofitu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覆ひぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おほひぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "覆へり",
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        "perfect"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "おほひたり",
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      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ofofitari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覆はむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "おほはむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
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      "form": "ofofamu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
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  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Unworthy am I, but my black-dyed sleeves shelter people in this floating world from this hall of timbers hewn from the mountain.",
          "ref": "1188, Senzai Wakashū (book 17, poem 1137; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 95)",
          "roman": "ōkenaku ukiyo no tami ni ōu kana waga tatsu soma ni sumizome no sode",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "世",
              "よ"
            ],
            [
              "民",
              "たみ"
            ],
            [
              "立",
              "た"
            ],
            [
              "杣",
              "そま"
            ],
            [
              "袖",
              "そで"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "おほけなくうき世の民におほふかなわが立つ杣にすみぞめの袖"
        },
        {
          "english": "clouds cover eastern Europe",
          "roman": "kumo ga Tōō o ōu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "雲",
              "くも"
            ],
            [
              "東",
              "とう"
            ],
            [
              "欧",
              "おう"
            ],
            [
              "覆",
              "おお"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "雲が東欧を覆う"
        },
        {
          "english": "the road is covered with snow",
          "roman": "michi wa yuki de ōwarete imasu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "道",
              "みち"
            ],
            [
              "雪",
              "ゆき"
            ],
            [
              "覆",
              "おお"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "道は雪で覆われています"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to cover"
      ],
      "id": "en-覆う-ja-verb-HmfwMVjo",
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      ]
    },
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
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          "_dis": "7 67 11 14",
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        [
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          "spread"
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          "throughout",
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    }
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    {
      "other": "おおう"
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      "ipa": "[o̞ːɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "ja:大辞林",
    "ja:松村明"
  ],
  "word": "覆う"
}
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    "Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
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      "form": "ōwa",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ōe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
      "form": "覆われる",
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      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おおわれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
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    },
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      "form": "ōwareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
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      "form": "覆わせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "覆わす",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "causative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "おおわせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "causative"
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    },
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      "form": "おおわす",
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        "causative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "ōwaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ōwasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "覆える",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おおえる",
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        "potential"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ōeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覆おう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "おおおう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
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      "form": "ōō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "覆わない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "おおわない",
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      "tags": [
        "negative"
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      "form": "ōwanai",
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      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
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      "form": "覆わず",
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        "negative"
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      "form": "おおわず",
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        "continuative",
        "negative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ōwazu",
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        "negative"
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      "form": "覆います",
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        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おおいます",
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        "formal"
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      "form": "ōimasu",
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        "formal"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "覆った",
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      "form": "おおった",
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      "form": "ōtta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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    {
      "form": "覆って",
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        "conjunctive"
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      "form": "おおって",
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        "conjunctive"
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      "form": "ōtte",
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        "conjunctive"
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      "form": "覆えば",
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      "form": "おおえば",
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      "form": "ōeba",
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        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
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      "form": "覆は",
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        "irrealis",
        "stem"
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    },
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      "form": "おほは",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ofofa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覆ひ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おほひ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ofofi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覆ふ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おほふ",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "stem",
        "terminative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ofofu",
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      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覆ふ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "stem"
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    },
    {
      "form": "おほふ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ofofu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覆へ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おほへ",
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      "tags": [
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        "stem"
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    {
      "form": "ofofe",
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      "tags": [
        "realis"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "覆へ",
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        "stem"
      ]
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        "stem"
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      "form": "ofofe",
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      "form": "覆はず",
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      "tags": [
        "negative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "おほはず",
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        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ofofazu",
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      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覆へど",
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      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "おほへど",
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        "contrastive"
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      "form": "ofofedo",
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    {
      "form": "覆へば",
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    {
      "form": "おほへば",
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        "causative"
      ]
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      "form": "ofofeba",
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        "causative"
      ]
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      "form": "覆はば",
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      ]
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    {
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        "conditional"
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      "form": "ofofaba",
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      ]
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      "form": "覆ひき",
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      ]
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ofofiki",
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        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "覆ひけり",
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      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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      "form": "ofofikeri",
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      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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    {
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        "perfect"
      ]
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        "perfect"
      ]
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      "form": "おほへり",
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        "perfect"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "おほひたり",
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        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ofoferi",
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        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ofofitari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "覆はむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おほはむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ofofamu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
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        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "覆(おお)う • (ōu) ^(←おほふ (ofofu)?)transitive godan (stem 覆(おお)い (ōi), past 覆(おお)った (ōtta))",
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Unworthy am I, but my black-dyed sleeves shelter people in this floating world from this hall of timbers hewn from the mountain.",
          "ref": "1188, Senzai Wakashū (book 17, poem 1137; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 95)",
          "roman": "ōkenaku ukiyo no tami ni ōu kana waga tatsu soma ni sumizome no sode",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "世",
              "よ"
            ],
            [
              "民",
              "たみ"
            ],
            [
              "立",
              "た"
            ],
            [
              "杣",
              "そま"
            ],
            [
              "袖",
              "そで"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "おほけなくうき世の民におほふかなわが立つ杣にすみぞめの袖"
        },
        {
          "english": "clouds cover eastern Europe",
          "roman": "kumo ga Tōō o ōu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "雲",
              "くも"
            ],
            [
              "東",
              "とう"
            ],
            [
              "欧",
              "おう"
            ],
            [
              "覆",
              "おお"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "雲が東欧を覆う"
        },
        {
          "english": "the road is covered with snow",
          "roman": "michi wa yuki de ōwarete imasu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "道",
              "みち"
            ],
            [
              "雪",
              "ゆき"
            ],
            [
              "覆",
              "おお"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "道は雪で覆われています"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to cover"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cover",
          "cover"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to cover up, to conceal, to hide"
      ],
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        [
          "cover up",
          "cover up"
        ],
        [
          "conceal",
          "conceal"
        ],
        [
          "hide",
          "hide"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to permeate, to spread throughout"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "permeate",
          "permeate"
        ],
        [
          "spread",
          "spread"
        ],
        [
          "throughout",
          "throughout"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to include everything"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "include",
          "include"
        ],
        [
          "everything",
          "everything"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "おおう"
    },
    {
      "other": "おおう"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[o̞ːɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "ja:大辞林",
    "ja:松村明"
  ],
  "word": "覆う"
}
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  "msg": "HTML tag <span> not properly closed",
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "覆う",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}

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  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "覆う",
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}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Mizenkei (\"imperfective\")'",
  "path": [
    "覆う"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "覆う",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Ren’yōkei (\"continuative\")'",
  "path": [
    "覆う"
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  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "覆う",
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}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Shūshikei (\"terminal\")'",
  "path": [
    "覆う"
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  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "覆う",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Rentaikei (\"attributive\")'",
  "path": [
    "覆う"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "覆う",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Kateikei (\"hypothetical\")'",
  "path": [
    "覆う"
  ],
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  "title": "覆う",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
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  "title": "覆う",
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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 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). 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.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.