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{
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "aikotoba",
"word": "合い言"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "aikotoba",
"word": "合言葉: a password"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
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},
{
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"word": "a motto"
},
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"word": "slogan"
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"english": "any dialect of eastern Japan",
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},
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"roman": "asobase kotoba",
"word": "遊ばせ言葉: a polite mode of speaking"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "generally by women"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"alt": "asobase, the stem of the causative form asobaseru of verb 遊ぶ asobu",
"english": "to play; to hang out",
"word": "that consists of suffixing verbs with the term 遊ばせ"
},
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"english": "a hesitation word",
"roman": "asobi kotoba",
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"言",
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[
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},
{
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"roman": "ametsuchi no kotoba",
"word": "天地の詞: an instructional pangram used in the early Heian period"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "predating the Iroha"
},
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"言",
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"葉",
"ば"
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]
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}
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"name": "inh"
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"expansion": "言 (koto, “word”) + 端 (ha, “edge; beginning, end”)",
"name": "com"
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"2": "連濁"
},
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"1": "ja",
"2": "言葉"
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"expansion": "ことは'",
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"expansion": "The ha changes to ba as an instance of rendaku (連濁).",
"name": "rendaku2"
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{
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"3": "",
"4": "thing, fact, event",
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{
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"etymology_text": "From Old Japanese 言葉 (ko₂to₂ba), attestable since at least the Man'yōshū of 759 CE. In turn, reconstructed as deriving from Proto-Japonic *kətənpa.\nCompound of 言 (koto, “word”) + 端 (ha, “edge; beginning, end”). The ha changes to ba as an instance of rendaku (連濁).\nThe term 言 (koto) was formerly the main term for word in Japanese. This term is also cognate with 事 (koto, “thing, fact, event”). The ha may have been added to differentiate from 事 (koto).\nThe 葉 spelling is an example of ateji (当て字).",
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"葉",
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"english": "It means the word “redrum” appears in there!",
"ref": "1996 February 16, Yozaburo Kanari with Sato, Fumiya, “ファイル12 蝋人形城殺人事件⑭”, in 金田一少年の事件簿 (金田一少年の事件簿), volume 16 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha",
"roman": "Sono naka ni “reddoramu” to iu kotoba ga dete kurun desu yo!",
"ruby": [
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"12",
"じゅうに"
],
[
"蝋",
"ろう"
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[
"人",
"にん"
],
[
"形",
"ぎょう"
],
[
"城",
"じょう"
],
[
"殺",
"さつ"
],
[
"人",
"じん"
],
[
"事",
"じ"
],
[
"件",
"けん"
],
[
"⑭",
"じゅうよん"
],
[
"金",
"きん"
],
[
"田",
"だ"
],
[
"一",
"いち"
],
[
"少",
"しょう"
],
[
"年",
"ねん"
],
[
"事",
"じ"
],
[
"件",
"けん"
],
[
"簿",
"ぼ"
],
[
"金",
"きん"
],
[
"田",
"だ"
],
[
"一",
"いち"
],
[
"少",
"しょう"
],
[
"年",
"ねん"
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[
"事",
"じ"
],
[
"件",
"けん"
],
[
"簿",
"ぼ"
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"中",
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[
"言",
"こと"
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[
"葉",
"ば"
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[
"出",
"で"
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],
"text": "その中に「レッドラム」という言葉が出てくるんですよ！"
},
{
"english": "There’s nothing wrong with my ears, is there? How come all of a sudden I can’t understand a word they say!?",
"ref": "2003 October 17, CLAMP, “Chapitre.8 神の宿る国”, in ツバサ RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE (ツバサ RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE), volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, page 78",
"roman": "Mimi ga hen ni natta wake ja nai! Demo kyū ni kotoba ga tsūjinaku naru nan te⁉",
"ruby": [
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"Chapitre",
"シャピトル"
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"8",
"はち"
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[
"神",
"かみ"
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[
"宿",
"やど"
],
[
"国",
"くに"
],
[
"RESERVoir",
"レザヴォア"
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[
"CHRoNiCLE",
"クロニクル"
],
[
"RESERVoir",
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],
[
"CHRoNiCLE",
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[
"耳",
"みみ"
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[
"変",
"へん"
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[
"急",
"きゅう"
],
[
"言",
"こと"
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"葉",
"ば"
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[
"通",
"つう"
]
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"text": "耳が変になったわけじゃない！でも 急に言葉が通じなくなるなんて⁉"
},
{
"english": "Amid the gibbering chorus that rose from the drownyard temple, Jace recognized a single word…… “Emrakul.”",
"ref": "2016 July 22, “歓喜する信者”, in 異界月 [Eldritch Moon], Wizards of the Coast",
"roman": "Dekibo no jīn kara nagareru imi fumei no eishō no naka kara, Jeisu wa kotoba o hitotsu dake kikitotta……“Emurakūru”.",
"ruby": [
[
"歓",
"かん"
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[
"喜",
"き"
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"信",
"しん"
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[
"者",
"じゃ"
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[
"溺",
"でき"
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[
"墓",
"ぼ"
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[
"寺",
"じ"
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[
"院",
"いん"
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[
"流",
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[
"意",
"い"
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[
"味",
"み"
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[
"不",
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[
"明",
"めい"
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[
"詠",
"えい"
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[
"唱",
"しょう"
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"中",
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[
"言",
"こと"
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[
"葉",
"ば"
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[
"一",
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[
"聞",
"き"
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[
"取",
"と"
]
],
"text": "溺墓の寺院から流れる意味不明の詠唱の中から、ジェイスは言葉を一つだけ聞き取った……「エムラクール」。"
}
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "go",
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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[
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"Iroha",
"Man'yōshū"
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"Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese",
"Japanese terms derived from Proto-Japonic",
"Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese",
"Japanese terms inherited from Proto-Japonic",
"Japanese terms spelled with ateji",
"Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
"Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
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"Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Japanese terms with rendaku",
"Japanese terms written with two Han script characters",
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{
"roman": "aikotoba",
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{
"word": "generally by women"
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{
"alt": "asobase, the stem of the causative form asobaseru of verb 遊ぶ asobu",
"english": "to play; to hang out",
"word": "that consists of suffixing verbs with the term 遊ばせ"
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"english": "a hesitation word",
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{
"word": "predating the Iroha"
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{
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"english": "It means the word “redrum” appears in there!",
"ref": "1996 February 16, Yozaburo Kanari with Sato, Fumiya, “ファイル12 蝋人形城殺人事件⑭”, in 金田一少年の事件簿 (金田一少年の事件簿), volume 16 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha",
"roman": "Sono naka ni “reddoramu” to iu kotoba ga dete kurun desu yo!",
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[
"蝋",
"ろう"
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[
"人",
"にん"
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[
"形",
"ぎょう"
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[
"城",
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[
"殺",
"さつ"
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[
"人",
"じん"
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[
"事",
"じ"
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[
"件",
"けん"
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[
"⑭",
"じゅうよん"
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[
"金",
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[
"田",
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[
"一",
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[
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"しょう"
],
[
"年",
"ねん"
],
[
"事",
"じ"
],
[
"件",
"けん"
],
[
"簿",
"ぼ"
],
[
"金",
"きん"
],
[
"田",
"だ"
],
[
"一",
"いち"
],
[
"少",
"しょう"
],
[
"年",
"ねん"
],
[
"事",
"じ"
],
[
"件",
"けん"
],
[
"簿",
"ぼ"
],
[
"中",
"なか"
],
[
"言",
"こと"
],
[
"葉",
"ば"
],
[
"出",
"で"
]
],
"text": "その中に「レッドラム」という言葉が出てくるんですよ！"
},
{
"english": "There’s nothing wrong with my ears, is there? How come all of a sudden I can’t understand a word they say!?",
"ref": "2003 October 17, CLAMP, “Chapitre.8 神の宿る国”, in ツバサ RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE (ツバサ RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE), volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, page 78",
"roman": "Mimi ga hen ni natta wake ja nai! Demo kyū ni kotoba ga tsūjinaku naru nan te⁉",
"ruby": [
[
"Chapitre",
"シャピトル"
],
[
"8",
"はち"
],
[
"神",
"かみ"
],
[
"宿",
"やど"
],
[
"国",
"くに"
],
[
"RESERVoir",
"レザヴォア"
],
[
"CHRoNiCLE",
"クロニクル"
],
[
"RESERVoir",
"レザヴォア"
],
[
"CHRoNiCLE",
"クロニクル"
],
[
"耳",
"みみ"
],
[
"変",
"へん"
],
[
"急",
"きゅう"
],
[
"言",
"こと"
],
[
"葉",
"ば"
],
[
"通",
"つう"
]
],
"text": "耳が変になったわけじゃない！でも 急に言葉が通じなくなるなんて⁉"
},
{
"english": "Amid the gibbering chorus that rose from the drownyard temple, Jace recognized a single word…… “Emrakul.”",
"ref": "2016 July 22, “歓喜する信者”, in 異界月 [Eldritch Moon], Wizards of the Coast",
"roman": "Dekibo no jīn kara nagareru imi fumei no eishō no naka kara, Jeisu wa kotoba o hitotsu dake kikitotta……“Emurakūru”.",
"ruby": [
[
"歓",
"かん"
],
[
"喜",
"き"
],
[
"信",
"しん"
],
[
"者",
"じゃ"
],
[
"溺",
"でき"
],
[
"墓",
"ぼ"
],
[
"寺",
"じ"
],
[
"院",
"いん"
],
[
"流",
"なが"
],
[
"意",
"い"
],
[
"味",
"み"
],
[
"不",
"ふ"
],
[
"明",
"めい"
],
[
"詠",
"えい"
],
[
"唱",
"しょう"
],
[
"中",
"なか"
],
[
"言",
"こと"
],
[
"葉",
"ば"
],
[
"一",
"ひと"
],
[
"聞",
"き"
],
[
"取",
"と"
]
],
"text": "溺墓の寺院から流れる意味不明の詠唱の中から、ジェイスは言葉を一つだけ聞き取った……「エムラクール」。"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a word, a term"
],
"links": [
[
"word",
"word"
],
[
"term",
"term"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"language, speech"
],
"links": [
[
"language",
"language"
],
[
"speech",
"speech"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "ことば"
},
{
"ipa": "[ko̞to̞ba̠]"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"english": "go",
"ruby": [
[
"語",
"ご"
]
],
"word": "語"
},
{
"roman": "gengo",
"ruby": [
[
"言",
"げん"
],
[
"語",
"ご"
]
],
"word": "言語"
},
{
"english": "tango",
"ruby": [
[
"単",
"たん"
],
[
"語",
"ご"
]
],
"word": "単語"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Heian period",
"Iroha",
"Man'yōshū"
],
"word": "言葉"
}
{
"called_from": "parser/1336",
"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
"path": [
"言葉"
],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "言葉",
"trace": ""
}
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