"er" meaning in Japanese

See er in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: [a̠ː] Forms: er [canonical] (ruby: er(アー)), -ā [romanization]
Etymology: From English -er, forming novel pseudo-Anglicisms. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|en|-er}} English -er Head templates: {{ja-pos|suffix|アー}} er(アー) • (-ā)
  1. (slang) Suffix used for people, especially fans. Tags: morpheme, slang Related terms: ist (ruby: ist(イスト)) (alt: -isuto)

Alternative forms

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    {
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      ]
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          "source": "w"
        },
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            "Terms by orthographic property",
            "Terms by lexical property"
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        },
        {
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 54 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        "Suffix used for people, especially fans."
      ],
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        "(slang) Suffix used for people, especially fans."
      ],
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        {
          "alt": "-isuto",
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              "ist",
              "イスト"
            ]
          ],
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        }
      ],
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    }
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    }
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    }
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        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms written in foreign scripts",
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 54 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
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      ],
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      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[a̠ː]"
    }
  ],
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}

Download raw JSONL data for er meaning in Japanese (1.3kB)

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

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-02-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-02-21 using wiktextract (ce0be54 and f2e72e5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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