"貴方" meaning in Japanese

See 貴方 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: [kʲiho̞ː] Forms: 貴方 [canonical] (ruby: 貴(き), 方(ほう)), kihō [romanization], kifau [romanization], きはう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: /kipau/ → /kifau/ → /kifɔː/ → /kihoː/ From Middle Chinese 貴方 (MC kjw+jH pjang, “noble, superior + side, place, direction”). Etymology templates: {{ja-see|あなた}}, {{bor|ja|ltc|-|sort=きほう}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|貴方|noble, superior + side, place, direction|id=1,2}} 貴方 (MC kjw+jH pjang, “noble, superior + side, place, direction”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|pronoun|きほう|hhira=きはう}} 貴(き)方(ほう) • (kihō) ^(←きはう (kifau)?)
  1. (respectful) your house, your residence
    Sense id: en-貴方-ja-pron-QvH8aGbZ Categories (other): Japanese pronouns Disambiguation of Japanese pronouns: 51 49
  2. (respectful, men's speech) you (used to address someone of equal social footing)
    Sense id: en-貴方-ja-pron-ktS7ofCH Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese pronouns, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 41 59 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 41 59 Disambiguation of Japanese pronouns: 51 49 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 17 83 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 24 76 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 36 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 貴公 (kikō) (ruby: 貴(き), 公(こう)), 貴殿 (kiden) (ruby: 貴(き), 殿(でん)), 貴君 (kikun) (ruby: 貴(き), 君(くん))
Etymology number: 2
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        "3": "-",
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    },
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          "貴",
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        ]
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      "form": "kihō",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "kifau",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "きはう",
      "roman": "kifau",
      "tags": [
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        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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        "(respectful, men's speech) you (used to address someone of equal social footing)"
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      "other": "きほー"
    },
    {
      "other": "きほー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʲiho̞ː]"
    }
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kikō",
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          "貴",
          "き"
        ],
        [
          "公",
          "こう"
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      ],
      "word": "貴公"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kiden",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "貴",
          "き"
        ],
        [
          "殿",
          "でん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "貴殿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "ruby": [
        [
          "貴",
          "き"
        ],
        [
          "君",
          "くん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "貴君"
    }
  ],
  "word": "貴方"
}

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    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji",
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          "貴",
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      ],
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        ],
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          "residence"
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        "(respectful) your house, your residence"
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        "(respectful, men's speech) you (used to address someone of equal social footing)"
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      "other": "きほー"
    },
    {
      "other": "きほー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʲiho̞ː]"
    }
  ],
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      "roman": "kikō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "貴",
          "き"
        ],
        [
          "公",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "貴公"
    },
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      "roman": "kiden",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "貴",
          "き"
        ],
        [
          "殿",
          "でん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "貴殿"
    },
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      "roman": "kikun",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "貴",
          "き"
        ],
        [
          "君",
          "くん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "貴君"
    }
  ],
  "word": "貴方"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 貴方 meaning in Japanese (2.6kB)

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  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "pronoun",
  "title": "貴方",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}

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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "pronoun",
  "title": "貴方",
  "trace": ""
}

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