"覚束ない" meaning in Japanese

See 覚束ない in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [o̞bo̞t͡sɨᵝka̠na̠i]
Head templates: {{ja-adj|おぼつかない|infl=i}} 覚(おぼ)束(つか)ない • (obotsukanai) -i (adverbial 覚(おぼ)束(つか)なく (obotsukanaku)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=く|attributive=い|conditional=ければ|conjunctive=くて|continuative=く|degree=さ|formal=い です|formal_negative=く ない です|formal_negative_past=く なかった です|formal_past=かった です|hypothetical=けれ|imperative=かれ|imperfective=かろ|informal_negative=く ない|informal_negative_past=く なかった|informal_past=かった|kana=おぼつかな|lemma=覚束な|provisional=かったら|terminal=い|volitional=かろう}} Forms: 覚束ない [canonical] (ruby: (おぼ), (つか)), obotsukanai [romanization], 覚束なく [adverbial] (ruby: (おぼ), (つか)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 覚束なかろ [imperfective, stem], おぼつかなかろ [imperfective, stem], obotsukanakaro [imperfective], 覚束なく [continuative, stem], おぼつかなく [continuative, stem], obotsukanaku [continuative], 覚束ない [stem, terminative], おぼつかない [stem, terminative], obotsukanai [terminative], 覚束ない [attributive, stem], おぼつかない [attributive, stem], obotsukanai [attributive], 覚束なけれ [hypothetical, stem], おぼつかなけれ [hypothetical, stem], obotsukanakere [hypothetical], 覚束なかれ [imperative, stem], おぼつかなかれ [imperative, stem], obotsukanakare [imperative], 覚束なくない [informal, negative], おぼつかなくない [informal, negative], obotsukanaku nai [informal, negative], 覚束なかった [informal, past], おぼつかなかった [informal, past], obotsukanakatta [informal, past], 覚束なくなかった [informal, negative, past], おぼつかなくなかった [informal, negative, past], obotsukanaku nakatta [informal, negative, past], 覚束ないです [formal], おぼつかないです [formal], obotsukanai desu [formal], 覚束なくないです [formal, negative], おぼつかなくないです [formal, negative], obotsukanaku nai desu [formal, negative], 覚束なかったです [formal, past], おぼつかなかったです [formal, past], obotsukanakatta desu [formal, past], 覚束なくなかったです [formal, negative, past], おぼつかなくなかったです [formal, negative, past], obotsukanaku nakatta desu [formal, negative, past], 覚束なくて [conjunctive], おぼつかなくて [conjunctive], obotsukanakute [conjunctive], 覚束なければ [conditional], おぼつかなければ [conditional], obotsukanakereba [conditional], 覚束なかったら [conditional, past], おぼつかなかったら [conditional, past], obotsukanakattara [conditional, past], 覚束なかろう [volitional], おぼつかなかろう [volitional], obotsukanakarō [volitional], 覚束なく [adverbial], おぼつかなく [adverbial], obotsukanaku [adverbial], 覚束なさ [noun-from-adj], おぼつかなさ [noun-from-adj], obotsukanasa [noun-from-adj]
  1. uncertain; unclear; hazy
    Sense id: en-覚束ない-ja-adj-P7M0YvGq
  2. unreliable; unsteady
    Sense id: en-覚束ない-ja-adj-vbaUU~TG Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, 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: 9 91 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 15 85 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 11 89 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 10 90

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "覚束ない",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "覚",
          "おぼ"
        ],
        [
          "束",
          "つか"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obotsukanai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覚束なく",
      "roman": "obotsukanaku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "覚",
          "おぼ"
        ],
        [
          "束",
          "つか"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覚束なかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼつかなかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obotsukanakaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覚束なく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼつかなく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obotsukanaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覚束ない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼつかない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obotsukanai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覚束ない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼつかない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obotsukanai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覚束なけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼつかなけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obotsukanakere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覚束なかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼつかなかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obotsukanakare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覚束なくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼつかなくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obotsukanaku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覚束なかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼつかなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obotsukanakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覚束なくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼつかなくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obotsukanaku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覚束ないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼつかないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obotsukanai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覚束なくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼつかなくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obotsukanaku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覚束なかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼつかなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obotsukanakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覚束なくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼつかなくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obotsukanaku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覚束なくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼつかなくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obotsukanakute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覚束なければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼつかなければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obotsukanakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覚束なかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼつかなかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obotsukanakattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覚束なかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼつかなかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obotsukanakarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覚束なく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼつかなく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obotsukanaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覚束なさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼつかなさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obotsukanasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "おぼつかない",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "覚(おぼ)束(つか)ない • (obotsukanai) -i (adverbial 覚(おぼ)束(つか)なく (obotsukanaku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "おぼつかな",
        "lemma": "覚束な",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "uncertain; unclear; hazy"
      ],
      "id": "en-覚束ない-ja-adj-P7M0YvGq",
      "links": [
        [
          "uncertain",
          "uncertain"
        ],
        [
          "unclear",
          "unclear"
        ],
        [
          "hazy",
          "hazy"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "9 91",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 85",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 90",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 90",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "unsteady gait",
          "roman": "obotsukanai ashidori",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "覚束",
              "おぼつか"
            ],
            [
              "足取",
              "あしど"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "覚束ない足取り"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "unreliable; unsteady"
      ],
      "id": "en-覚束ない-ja-adj-vbaUU~TG",
      "links": [
        [
          "unreliable",
          "unreliable"
        ],
        [
          "unsteady",
          "unsteady"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "おぼつかない"
    },
    {
      "other": "おぼつかない"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[o̞bo̞t͡sɨᵝka̠na̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "覚束ない"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese adjectives",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters",
    "Japanese い-i adjectives"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "覚束ない",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "覚",
          "おぼ"
        ],
        [
          "束",
          "つか"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obotsukanai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覚束なく",
      "roman": "obotsukanaku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "覚",
          "おぼ"
        ],
        [
          "束",
          "つか"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覚束なかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼつかなかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obotsukanakaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覚束なく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼつかなく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obotsukanaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覚束ない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼつかない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obotsukanai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覚束ない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼつかない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obotsukanai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覚束なけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼつかなけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obotsukanakere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覚束なかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼつかなかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obotsukanakare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覚束なくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼつかなくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obotsukanaku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覚束なかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼつかなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obotsukanakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覚束なくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼつかなくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obotsukanaku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覚束ないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼつかないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obotsukanai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覚束なくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼつかなくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obotsukanaku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覚束なかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼつかなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obotsukanakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覚束なくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼつかなくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obotsukanaku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覚束なくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼつかなくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obotsukanakute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覚束なければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼつかなければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obotsukanakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覚束なかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼつかなかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obotsukanakattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覚束なかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼつかなかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obotsukanakarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覚束なく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼつかなく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obotsukanaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "覚束なさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼつかなさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obotsukanasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "おぼつかない",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "覚(おぼ)束(つか)ない • (obotsukanai) -i (adverbial 覚(おぼ)束(つか)なく (obotsukanaku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "おぼつかな",
        "lemma": "覚束な",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "uncertain; unclear; hazy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "uncertain",
          "uncertain"
        ],
        [
          "unclear",
          "unclear"
        ],
        [
          "hazy",
          "hazy"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "unsteady gait",
          "roman": "obotsukanai ashidori",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "覚束",
              "おぼつか"
            ],
            [
              "足取",
              "あしど"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "覚束ない足取り"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "unreliable; unsteady"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unreliable",
          "unreliable"
        ],
        [
          "unsteady",
          "unsteady"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "おぼつかない"
    },
    {
      "other": "おぼつかない"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[o̞bo̞t͡sɨᵝka̠na̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "覚束ない"
}
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  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "覚束ない"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "覚束ない",
  "trace": ""
}

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