"記事" meaning in Japanese

See 記事 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [kʲiʑi] Forms: 記事 [canonical] (ruby: (), ()), kiji [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese compound 記事 /记事 (kiᴴ dzriᴴ, literally “record + affair, event”). Compare modern Mandarin reading jìshì. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=きじ}} Middle Chinese, {{cog|cmn|-}} Mandarin Head templates: {{ja-noun|きじ}} 記(き)事(じ) • (kiji)
  1. an article, a written news story, such as in a newspaper or magazine or on a website
    Sense id: en-記事-ja-noun-7uM4Mduj
  2. a private history, as opposed to the 正史 (seishi, “official history”) Synonyms (private history): 私史 (shishi) (ruby: 私史(しし))
    Sense id: en-記事-ja-noun-hY-Tskke Disambiguation of 'private history': 0 100 0
  3. (obsolete) in the Nara period, an official under the 按察使 (azechi, “regional administration authority”) Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-記事-ja-noun-1Fs-qZlv Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, 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 non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 7 5 14 11 4 59 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 3 16 6 2 68 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 11 5 84 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 19 7 74 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 15 7 78 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 30 17 53 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 21 5 73 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 17 6 77
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Download raw JSONL data for 記事 meaning in Japanese (2.6kB)

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