"ちゃらちゃら" meaning in Japanese

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Adverb

IPA: [t͡ɕa̠ɾa̠t͡ɕa̠ɾa̠] Forms: ちゃらちゃら [canonical], チャラチャラ [canonical], charachara [romanization]
Etymology: Onomatopoeia. Found in texts from at least the late 1600s. Compare English jingle jingle, chatter chatter. Etymology templates: {{noncog|en|jingle jingle}} English jingle jingle Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb|チャラチャラ}} ちゃらちゃら or チャラチャラ • (charachara)
  1. (onomatopoeia) jinglingly, janglingly Tags: onomatopoeic
    Sense id: en-ちゃらちゃら-ja-adv-oKce4ta5 Categories (other): Japanese onomatopoeias, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 26 26 22 8 6 12 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 20 20 17 11 10 23 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 21 21 18 10 9 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 29 24 4 4 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 30 26 3 3 7
  2. (onomatopoeia) chatteringly, talkatively Tags: onomatopoeic Synonyms: ぺらぺら, ぺちゃくちゃ
    Sense id: en-ちゃらちゃら-ja-adv-nhV4boDu Categories (other): Japanese onomatopoeias, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 26 26 22 8 6 12 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 20 20 17 11 10 23 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 21 21 18 10 9 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 29 24 4 4 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 30 26 3 3 7
  3. (onomatopoeia, by extension from the idea of jingling coins) showily, frivolously, shallowly, superficially Tags: broadly, onomatopoeic
    Sense id: en-ちゃらちゃら-ja-adv-FM70blHF Categories (other): Japanese onomatopoeias, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 26 26 22 8 6 12 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 20 20 17 11 10 23 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 21 21 18 10 9 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 29 24 4 4 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 30 26 3 3 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: チャラい (charai)

Verb

IPA: [t͡ɕa̠ɾa̠t͡ɕa̠ɾa̠]
Etymology: Onomatopoeia. Found in texts from at least the late 1600s. Compare English jingle jingle, chatter chatter. Etymology templates: {{noncog|en|jingle jingle}} English jingle jingle Head templates: {{ja-verb-suru|チャラチャラ}} ちゃらちゃらする or チャラチャラする • (charachara suru) suru (stem ちゃらちゃらし (charachara shi), past ちゃらちゃらした (charachara shita)) Forms: ちゃらちゃらする [canonical], チャラチャラする [canonical], charachara suru [romanization], ちゃらちゃらし [stem], ちゃらちゃらした [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], ちゃらちゃらし [error-unrecognized-form], charachara shi [error-unrecognized-form], ちゃらちゃらする [error-unrecognized-form], charachara suru [error-unrecognized-form], ちゃらちゃらすれ [error-unrecognized-form], charachara sure [error-unrecognized-form], ちゃらちゃらせよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], ちゃらちゃらしろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], charachara seyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], charachara shiro [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], ちゃらちゃらされる [passive], charachara sareru [passive], ちゃらちゃらさせる [causative], ちゃらちゃらさす [causative], charachara saseru [causative], charachara sasu [causative], ちゃらちゃらできる [potential], charachara dekiru [potential], ちゃらちゃらしよう [volitional], charachara shiyō [volitional], ちゃらちゃらしない [negative], charachara shinai [negative], ちゃらちゃらせず [continuative, negative], charachara sezu [continuative, negative], ちゃらちゃらします [formal], charachara shimasu [formal], ちゃらちゃらした [perfective], charachara shita [perfective], ちゃらちゃらして [conjunctive], charachara shite [conjunctive], ちゃらちゃらすれば [conditional, hypothetical], charachara sureba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to jingle, make a metallic sound
    Sense id: en-ちゃらちゃら-ja-verb-KXz2RtxF Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 20 20 17 11 10 23
  2. to chatter, to talk ceaselessly Synonyms: ぺらぺら, ぺちゃくちゃ
    Sense id: en-ちゃらちゃら-ja-verb-nhCGK7dd
  3. to show off, to be frivolous or superficial
    Sense id: en-ちゃらちゃら-ja-verb-IMDDxXQX Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese verbs without transitivity Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 26 26 22 8 6 12 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 16 16 13 18 12 25 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 20 20 17 11 10 23 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 21 21 18 10 9 21 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 7 7 7 20 19 39

Alternative forms

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          "english": "coins dropped with a jingling sound",
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          "ruby": [
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          "roman": "Itsumo charachara shitemasu kedo ne!",
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      "form": "ちゃらちゃらする",
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      "form": "チャラチャラする",
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    {
      "form": "ちゃらちゃらすれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "charachara sure",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "ちゃらちゃらせよ",
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      "form": "ちゃらちゃらしろ",
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      "form": "charachara seyo",
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      "form": "charachara shiro",
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        "imperative"
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    {
      "form": "ちゃらちゃらされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charachara sareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
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    {
      "form": "ちゃらちゃらさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ちゃらちゃらさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "charachara saseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "charachara sasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちゃらちゃらできる",
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "charachara dekiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちゃらちゃらしよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charachara shiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "ちゃらちゃらしない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charachara shinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ちゃらちゃらせず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "negative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "charachara sezu",
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        "continuative",
        "negative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ちゃらちゃらします",
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      "tags": [
        "formal"
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    },
    {
      "form": "charachara shimasu",
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      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちゃらちゃらした",
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    {
      "form": "charachara shita",
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    {
      "form": "ちゃらちゃらして",
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    {
      "form": "charachara shite",
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    {
      "form": "ちゃらちゃらすれば",
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    {
      "form": "charachara sureba",
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      "other": "ちゃらちゃら"
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      "ipa": "[t͡ɕa̠ɾa̠t͡ɕa̠ɾa̠]"
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  "etymology_text": "Onomatopoeia. Found in texts from at least the late 1600s. Compare English jingle jingle, chatter chatter.",
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    {
      "form": "ちゃらちゃら",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "チャラチャラ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charachara",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adverb",
        "2": "チャラチャラ"
      },
      "expansion": "ちゃらちゃら or チャラチャラ • (charachara)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese onomatopoeias",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              14,
              35
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              20
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "english": "coins dropped with a jingling sound",
          "roman": "kozeni ga charachara ochita",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "小",
              "こ"
            ],
            [
              "銭",
              "ぜに"
            ],
            [
              "落",
              "お"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "小銭がちゃらちゃら落ちた",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "jinglingly, janglingly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "jinglingly",
          "jinglingly"
        ],
        [
          "janglingly",
          "janglingly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(onomatopoeia) jinglingly, janglingly"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "onomatopoeic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese onomatopoeias"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "chatteringly, talkatively"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chatteringly",
          "chatteringly"
        ],
        [
          "talkatively",
          "talkatively"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(onomatopoeia) chatteringly, talkatively"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ぺらぺら"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぺちゃくちゃ"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "onomatopoeic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese onomatopoeias",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              42,
              53
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              17
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "english": "But (you are, he is, she is, etc.) always showing off!",
          "roman": "Itsumo charachara shitemasu kedo ne!",
          "text": "いつもちゃらちゃらしてますけどね!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "showily, frivolously, shallowly, superficially"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "showily",
          "showily"
        ],
        [
          "frivolously",
          "frivolously"
        ],
        [
          "shallowly",
          "shallowly"
        ],
        [
          "superficially",
          "superficially"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(onomatopoeia, by extension from the idea of jingling coins) showily, frivolously, shallowly, superficially"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "from the idea of jingling coins"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "onomatopoeic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ちゃらちゃら"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕa̠ɾa̠t͡ɕa̠ɾa̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ちゃらちゃら"
}

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    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese suru verbs",
    "Japanese terms spelled with ちゃ",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese verbs",
    "Japanese verbs without transitivity",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "jingle jingle"
      },
      "expansion": "English jingle jingle",
      "name": "noncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Onomatopoeia. Found in texts from at least the late 1600s. Compare English jingle jingle, chatter chatter.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ちゃらちゃらする",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "チャラチャラする",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charachara suru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちゃらちゃらし",
      "roman": "charachara shi",
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちゃらちゃらした",
      "roman": "charachara shita",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちゃらちゃらし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charachara shi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちゃらちゃらする",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charachara suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちゃらちゃらすれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charachara sure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちゃらちゃらせよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちゃらちゃらしろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charachara seyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charachara shiro",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちゃらちゃらされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charachara sareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちゃらちゃらさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちゃらちゃらさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charachara saseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charachara sasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちゃらちゃらできる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charachara dekiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちゃらちゃらしよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charachara shiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちゃらちゃらしない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charachara shinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちゃらちゃらせず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charachara sezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちゃらちゃらします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charachara shimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちゃらちゃらした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charachara shita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちゃらちゃらして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charachara shite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちゃらちゃらすれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charachara sureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "チャラチャラ"
      },
      "expansion": "ちゃらちゃらする or チャラチャラする • (charachara suru) suru (stem ちゃらちゃらし (charachara shi), past ちゃらちゃらした (charachara shita))",
      "name": "ja-verb-suru"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to jingle, make a metallic sound"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "jingle",
          "jingle"
        ],
        [
          "metallic",
          "metallic"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to chatter, to talk ceaselessly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chatter",
          "chatter"
        ],
        [
          "talk",
          "talk"
        ],
        [
          "ceaselessly",
          "ceaselessly"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ぺらぺら"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぺちゃくちゃ"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to show off, to be frivolous or superficial"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "show off",
          "show off"
        ],
        [
          "frivolous",
          "frivolous"
        ],
        [
          "superficial",
          "superficial"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ちゃらちゃら"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕa̠ɾa̠t͡ɕa̠ɾa̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ちゃらちゃら"
}

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}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Mizenkei (\"imperfective\")'",
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "ちゃらちゃら",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Ren’yōkei (\"continuative\")'",
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
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  "title": "ちゃらちゃら",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "ちゃらちゃら",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "ちゃらちゃら",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Kateikei (\"hypothetical\")'",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "ちゃらちゃら",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
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}

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