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"気",
"け"
],
[
"色",
"しき"
],
[
"言",
"い"
]
],
"text": "c.''' 960 CE – 965 CE, Taira no Sadafumi, Heichū Monogatari\nえ気色ばみては言はで\nE keshikibamite wa iwade\nHe couldn't say with displaying his affection clearly, and"
}
],
"glosses": [
"used at an action not to be confident or can not expect a good result"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "de wa",
"word": "では"
}
],
"word": "ては"
}
Download raw JSONL data for ては meaning in Japanese (7.2kB)
{
"called_from": "parser/1336",
"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
"path": [
"ては"
],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "conjunction",
"title": "ては",
"trace": ""
}
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