"軟化" meaning in Japanese

See 軟化 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [nã̠ŋka̠] Forms: 軟化 [canonical] (ruby: (なん), ()), nanka [romanization]
Etymology: From 軟 (nan, “soft”) + 化 (ka, “become”). Head templates: {{ja-noun|なんか}} 軟(なん)化(か) • (nanka)
  1. softening
    Sense id: en-軟化-ja-noun-D9huXhEZ Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 21 22 17 17 12 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 23 17 17 11 11 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 24 30 24 21 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 25 26 25 24 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 29 29 21 21 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant script codes: 25 27 25 24 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 25 26 25 24
  2. weakening
    Sense id: en-軟化-ja-noun--LHSA-Il Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 21 22 17 17 12 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 23 17 17 11 11 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 24 30 24 21 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 25 26 25 24 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 29 29 21 21 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant script codes: 25 27 25 24 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 25 26 25 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 骨軟化症: osteomalacia (kotsunankashō), 脳軟化症 (nōnankashō) (english: softening of the brain)

Verb

IPA: [nã̠ŋka̠] Forms: 軟化する [canonical] (ruby: (なん), ()), nanka suru [romanization], 軟化し [stem] (ruby: (なん), ()), 軟化した [past] (ruby: (なん), ())
Etymology: From 軟 (nan, “soft”) + 化 (ka, “become”).
  1. soften
    Sense id: en-軟化-ja-verb-NU1R7l81 Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 21 22 17 17 12 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 23 17 17 11 11 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 24 30 24 21 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 25 26 25 24 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 29 29 21 21 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant script codes: 25 27 25 24 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 25 26 25 24
  2. weaken
    Sense id: en-軟化-ja-verb-Pma6CYs3 Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 21 22 17 17 12 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 23 17 17 11 11 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 24 30 24 21 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 25 26 25 24 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 29 29 21 21 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant script codes: 25 27 25 24 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 25 26 25 24
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      "roman": "kotsunankashō",
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      "english": "softening of the brain",
      "roman": "nōnankashō",
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  "word": "軟化"
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Download raw JSONL data for 軟化 meaning in Japanese (2.5kB)

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