"電波" meaning in Japanese

See 電波 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [dẽ̞mpa̠]
Head templates: {{ja-adj|でんぱ|infl=な}} 電(でん)波(ぱ) • (denpa) -na (adnominal 電(でん)波(ぱ)な (denpa na), adverbial 電(でん)波(ぱ)に (denpa ni)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=. に|attributive=. な|conditional=. なら(ば)|conjunctive=. で|continuative=. で|degree=さ|formal=. です|formal_negative=. で は ありません|formal_negative2=. じゃ ありません|formal_negative_past=. で は ありません でした|formal_negative_past2=. じゃ ありません でした|formal_past=. でした|hypothetical=. なら|imperative=. で あれ|imperfective=. だろ|informal_negative=. で は ない|informal_negative2=. じゃ ない|informal_negative_past=. で は なかった|informal_negative_past2=. じゃ なかった|informal_past=. だった|kana=でんぱ|lemma=電波|provisional=. だったら|terminal=. だ|volitional=. だろう}} Forms: 電波 [canonical] (ruby: (でん), ()), denpa [romanization], 電波な [adnominal] (ruby: (でん), ()), 電波に [adverbial] (ruby: (でん), ()), no-table-tags [table-tags], 電波だろ [imperfective, stem], でんぱだろ [imperfective, stem], denpa daro [imperfective], 電波で [continuative, stem], でんぱで [continuative, stem], denpa de [continuative], 電波だ [stem, terminative], でんぱだ [stem, terminative], denpa da [terminative], 電波な [attributive, stem], でんぱな [attributive, stem], denpa na [attributive], 電波なら [hypothetical, stem], でんぱなら [hypothetical, stem], denpa nara [hypothetical], 電波であれ [imperative, stem], でんぱであれ [imperative, stem], denpa de are [imperative], 電波ではない [informal, negative], 電波じゃない [informal, negative], でんぱではない [informal, negative], でんぱじゃない [informal, negative], denpa de wa nai [informal, negative], denpa ja nai [informal, negative], 電波だった [informal, past], でんぱだった [informal, past], denpa datta [informal, past], 電波ではなかった [informal, negative, past], 電波じゃなかった [informal, negative, past], でんぱではなかった [informal, negative, past], でんぱじゃなかった [informal, negative, past], denpa de wa nakatta [informal, negative, past], denpa ja nakatta [informal, negative, past], 電波です [formal], でんぱです [formal], denpa desu [formal], 電波ではありません [formal, negative], 電波じゃありません [formal, negative], でんぱではありません [formal, negative], でんぱじゃありません [formal, negative], denpa de wa arimasen [formal, negative], denpa ja arimasen [formal, negative], 電波でした [formal, past], でんぱでした [formal, past], denpa deshita [formal, past], 電波ではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], 電波じゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], でんぱではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], でんぱじゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], denpa de wa arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], denpa ja arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], 電波で [conjunctive], でんぱで [conjunctive], denpa de [conjunctive], 電波なら(ば) [conditional], でんぱなら(ば) [conditional], denpa nara (ba) [conditional], 電波だったら [conditional, past], でんぱだったら [conditional, past], denpa dattara [conditional, past], 電波だろう [volitional], でんぱだろう [volitional], denpa darō [volitional], 電波に [adverbial], でんぱに [adverbial], denpa ni [adverbial], 電波さ [noun-from-adj], でんぱさ [noun-from-adj], denpasa [noun-from-adj]
  1. (slang) random and nonsensical Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-電波-ja-adj-acbsg7We Categories (other): Sciences Disambiguation of Sciences: 64 10 10 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Technology Disambiguation of Technology: 0 0 0 0

Noun

IPA: [dẽ̞mpa̠] Forms: 電波 [canonical] (ruby: (でん), ()), denpa [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|でんぱ}} 電(でん)波(ぱ) • (denpa)
  1. radio wave
    Sense id: en-電波-ja-noun-VH4jn47N
  2. mobile phone signal
    Sense id: en-電波-ja-noun-RkvyyiEm
  3. (slang) nonsense produced by a mentally unsound person, who is termed a 電波(でんぱ)系(けい) (denpa-kei, “radio-wave-type”) person Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-電波-ja-noun-A1ePpDzB Categories (other): 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, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 33 3 3 60 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 36 4 4 56 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 34 4 4 57 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 19 6 6 68 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 32 3 3 61 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 32 4 4 60 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 25 9 9 56 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 6 6 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 電波ソング (denpa songu) (ruby: 電波(でんぱ)), 毒電波 (dokudenpa) (ruby: 毒電波(どくでんぱ))
Categories (other): Technology Disambiguation of Technology: 0 0 0 0
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  "derived": [
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      ],
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "電波",
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        [
          "電",
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        ],
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          "波",
          "ぱ"
        ]
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          "english": "talk over the radio",
          "roman": "denpa o tsūjite hanasu",
          "ruby": [
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            [
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          ],
          "text": "電波を通じて話す",
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      ],
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        "radio wave"
      ],
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          "radio wave",
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          "english": "Because of the tunnel, there is no mobile phone signal.",
          "roman": "Tonneru da kara denpa nashi.",
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              "電波",
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              "無",
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          "text": "トンネルだから電波無し。",
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          "english": "reception is bad",
          "roman": "denpa ga warui",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "電波",
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            ],
            [
              "悪",
              "わる"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "電波が悪い",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "mobile phone signal"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "mobile phone",
          "mobile phone"
        ],
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          "signal",
          "signal"
        ]
      ]
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          "_dis": "36 4 4 56",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "34 4 4 57",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "19 6 6 68",
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          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 3 3 61",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "16 6 6 71",
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    {
      "other": "でんぱ"
    },
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      "ipa": "[dẽ̞mpa̠]"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "電波",
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          "電",
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        [
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          "ぱ"
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          "電",
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        [
          "電",
          "でん"
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        [
          "波",
          "ぱ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波だろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱだろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa daro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波だ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱだ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa da",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波な",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱな",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波なら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱなら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa nara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波であれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱであれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa de are",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波ではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波じゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱじゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa de wa nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa ja nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波だった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱだった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa datta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波ではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波じゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱじゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa de wa nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa ja nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波です",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波ではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波じゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱじゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa ja arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波でした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波ではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波じゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱじゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa ja arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波なら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱなら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa nara (ba)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波だったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱだったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa dattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波だろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱだろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa darō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波に",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "でんぱ",
        "infl": "な"
      },
      "expansion": "電(でん)波(ぱ) • (denpa) -na (adnominal 電(でん)波(ぱ)な (denpa na), adverbial 電(でん)波(ぱ)に (denpa ni))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": ". に",
        "attributive": ". な",
        "conditional": ". なら(ば)",
        "conjunctive": ". で",
        "continuative": ". で",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": ". です",
        "formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
        "formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
        "formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
        "formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
        "formal_past": ". でした",
        "hypothetical": ". なら",
        "imperative": ". で あれ",
        "imperfective": ". だろ",
        "informal_negative": ". で は ない",
        "informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
        "informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
        "informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
        "informal_past": ". だった",
        "kana": "でんぱ",
        "lemma": "電波",
        "provisional": ". だったら",
        "terminal": ". だ",
        "volitional": ". だろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "64 10 10 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Sciences",
          "orig": "ja:Sciences",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "random and nonsensical"
      ],
      "id": "en-電波-ja-adj-acbsg7We",
      "links": [
        [
          "random",
          "random"
        ],
        [
          "nonsensical",
          "nonsensical"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) random and nonsensical"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "でんぱ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[dẽ̞mpa̠]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Denpa",
    "ja:電波",
    "ja:電波系"
  ],
  "word": "電波"
}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "denpa songu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電波",
          "でんぱ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "電波ソング"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dokudenpa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "毒電波",
          "どくでんぱ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "毒電波"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "電波"
          },
          "expansion": "電波/电波 (diànbō)",
          "name": "zh-l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Chinese: 電波/电波 (diànbō)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "전파"
          },
          "expansion": "전파 (jeonpa)",
          "name": "ko-l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Korean: 전파 (jeonpa)"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "電波",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電",
          "でん"
        ],
        [
          "波",
          "ぱ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "でんぱ"
      },
      "expansion": "電(でん)波(ぱ) • (denpa)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "english": "talk over the radio",
          "roman": "denpa o tsūjite hanasu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "電波",
              "でんぱ"
            ],
            [
              "通",
              "つう"
            ],
            [
              "話",
              "はな"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "電波を通じて話す",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "radio wave"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "radio wave",
          "radio wave"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              16,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Because of the tunnel, there is no mobile phone signal.",
          "roman": "Tonneru da kara denpa nashi.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "電波",
              "でんぱ"
            ],
            [
              "無",
              "な"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "トンネルだから電波無し。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "english": "reception is bad",
          "roman": "denpa ga warui",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "電波",
              "でんぱ"
            ],
            [
              "悪",
              "わる"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "電波が悪い",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mobile phone signal"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mobile phone",
          "mobile phone"
        ],
        [
          "signal",
          "signal"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nonsense produced by a mentally unsound person, who is termed a 電波(でんぱ)系(けい) (denpa-kei, “radio-wave-type”) person"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nonsense",
          "nonsense"
        ],
        [
          "系(けい)",
          "系#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) nonsense produced by a mentally unsound person, who is termed a 電波(でんぱ)系(けい) (denpa-kei, “radio-wave-type”) person"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "でんぱ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[dẽ̞mpa̠]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Denpa",
    "ja:電波",
    "ja:電波系"
  ],
  "word": "電波"
}

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    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
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    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese な-na adjectives",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
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    "ja:Technology"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "電波",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電",
          "でん"
        ],
        [
          "波",
          "ぱ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波な",
      "roman": "denpa na",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電",
          "でん"
        ],
        [
          "波",
          "ぱ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adnominal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波に",
      "roman": "denpa ni",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電",
          "でん"
        ],
        [
          "波",
          "ぱ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波だろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱだろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa daro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波だ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱだ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa da",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波な",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱな",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波なら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱなら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa nara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波であれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱであれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa de are",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波ではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波じゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱじゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa de wa nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa ja nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波だった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱだった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa datta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波ではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波じゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱじゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa de wa nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa ja nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波です",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波ではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波じゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱじゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa ja arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波でした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波ではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波じゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱじゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa ja arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波なら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱなら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa nara (ba)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波だったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱだったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa dattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波だろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱだろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa darō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波に",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "でんぱ",
        "infl": "な"
      },
      "expansion": "電(でん)波(ぱ) • (denpa) -na (adnominal 電(でん)波(ぱ)な (denpa na), adverbial 電(でん)波(ぱ)に (denpa ni))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": ". に",
        "attributive": ". な",
        "conditional": ". なら(ば)",
        "conjunctive": ". で",
        "continuative": ". で",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": ". です",
        "formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
        "formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
        "formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
        "formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
        "formal_past": ". でした",
        "hypothetical": ". なら",
        "imperative": ". で あれ",
        "imperfective": ". だろ",
        "informal_negative": ". で は ない",
        "informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
        "informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
        "informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
        "informal_past": ". だった",
        "kana": "でんぱ",
        "lemma": "電波",
        "provisional": ". だったら",
        "terminal": ". だ",
        "volitional": ". だろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "random and nonsensical"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "random",
          "random"
        ],
        [
          "nonsensical",
          "nonsensical"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) random and nonsensical"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "でんぱ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[dẽ̞mpa̠]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Denpa",
    "ja:電波",
    "ja:電波系"
  ],
  "word": "電波"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 電波 meaning in Japanese (11.5kB)

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  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "電波"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "電波",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "電波"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "電波",
  "trace": ""
}

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