"かさばる" meaning in Japanese

See かさばる in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [ka̠sa̠ba̠ɾɯ̟]
Head templates: {{ja-verb|tr=intr|type=1}} かさばる • (kasabaru) intransitive godan (stem かさばり (kasabari), past かさばった (kasabatta)) Forms: kasabaru [romanization], かさばり [stem], かさばった [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], かさばら [error-unrecognized-form], kasabara [error-unrecognized-form], かさばり [error-unrecognized-form], kasabari [error-unrecognized-form], かさばる [error-unrecognized-form], kasabaru [error-unrecognized-form], かさばれ [error-unrecognized-form], kasabare [error-unrecognized-form], かさばられる [passive], kasabarareru [passive], かさばらせる [causative], かさばらす [causative], kasabaraseru [causative], kasabarasu [causative], かさばれる [potential], kasabareru [potential], かさばろう [volitional], kasabarō [volitional], かさばらない [negative], kasabaranai [negative], かさばらず [continuative, negative], kasabarazu [continuative, negative], かさばります [formal], kasabarimasu [formal], かさばった [perfective], kasabatta [perfective], かさばって [conjunctive], kasabatte [conjunctive], かさばれば [conditional, hypothetical], kasabareba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to be/grow bulky, voluminous, numerous
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kasabaru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かさばり",
      "roman": "kasabari",
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かさばった",
      "roman": "kasabatta",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-ru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かさばら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kasabara",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かさばり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kasabari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かさばる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kasabaru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かさばれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kasabare",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かさばられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kasabarareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かさばらせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かさばらす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kasabaraseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kasabarasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かさばれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kasabareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かさばろう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kasabarō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かさばらない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kasabaranai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かさばらず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kasabarazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かさばります",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kasabarimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かさばった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kasabatta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かさばって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kasabatte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かさばれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kasabareba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "intr",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "かさばる • (kasabaru) intransitive godan (stem かさばり (kasabari), past かさばった (kasabatta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be/grow bulky, voluminous, numerous"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "bulky",
          "bulky"
        ],
        [
          "voluminous",
          "voluminous"
        ],
        [
          "numerous",
          "numerous"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "かさばる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠sa̠ba̠ɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "かさばる"
}
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kasabaru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かさばり",
      "roman": "kasabari",
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かさばった",
      "roman": "kasabatta",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-ru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かさばら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kasabara",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かさばり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kasabari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かさばる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kasabaru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かさばれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kasabare",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かさばられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kasabarareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かさばらせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かさばらす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kasabaraseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kasabarasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かさばれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kasabareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かさばろう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kasabarō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かさばらない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kasabaranai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かさばらず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kasabarazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かさばります",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kasabarimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かさばった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kasabatta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かさばって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kasabatte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かさばれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kasabareba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "intr",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "かさばる • (kasabaru) intransitive godan (stem かさばり (kasabari), past かさばった (kasabatta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be/grow bulky, voluminous, numerous"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bulky",
          "bulky"
        ],
        [
          "voluminous",
          "voluminous"
        ],
        [
          "numerous",
          "numerous"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "かさばる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠sa̠ba̠ɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "かさばる"
}

Download raw JSONL data for かさばる meaning in Japanese (3.7kB)

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