"どす" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [do̞sɨ] Forms: どす [canonical], ドス [canonical], dosu [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|ドス}} どす or ドス • (dosu)
  1. threat
    Sense id: en-どす-ja-noun-pWm5siUP Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 36 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 71 20 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Prefix

Forms: どす [canonical], ドス [canonical], dosu- [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|prefix|ドス}} どす or ドス • (dosu-)
  1. cloudy, muddy, indistinct Tags: morpheme Derived forms: どす黒い (dosuguroi) (ruby: (ぐろ))
    Sense id: en-どす-ja-prefix-Bicl38J4 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 33 46 21 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 32 46 22 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 33 46 21 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 32 46 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Forms: dosu [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-verb}} どす • (dosu)
  1. (Kyoto, becoming dated) Synonym of です (desu). Tags: Kyoto Synonyms: です [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-どす-ja-verb-s7Ys4G2G Categories (other): Japanese verbs without transitivity
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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Download raw JSONL data for どす meaning in Japanese (3.2kB)

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