"にまにま" meaning in Japanese

See にまにま in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: [ɲ̟ima̠ɲ̟ima̠] Forms: にまにま [canonical], ニマニマ [canonical], nimanima [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-adv|ニマニマ|opt=to}} にまにま or ニマニマ • (nimanima) (optionally as にまにまと (nimanima to))
  1. with a satisfied smile
    Sense id: en-にまにま-ja-adv-1uUi1h61 Categories (other): Japanese verbs without transitivity Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 45 55

Verb

IPA: [ɲ̟ima̠ɲ̟ima̠]
Head templates: {{ja-verb-suru|ニマニマ}} にまにまする or ニマニマする • (nimanima suru) suru (stem にまにまし (nimanima shi), past にまにました (nimanima shita)) Forms: にまにまする [canonical], ニマニマする [canonical], nimanima suru [romanization], にまにまし [stem], にまにました [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], にまにまし [error-unrecognized-form], nimanima shi [error-unrecognized-form], にまにまする [error-unrecognized-form], nimanima suru [error-unrecognized-form], にまにますれ [error-unrecognized-form], nimanima sure [error-unrecognized-form], にまにませよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], にまにましろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], nimanima seyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], nimanima shiro [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], にまにまされる [passive], nimanima sareru [passive], にまにまさせる [causative], にまにまさす [causative], nimanima saseru [causative], nimanima sasu [causative], にまにまできる [potential], nimanima dekiru [potential], にまにましよう [volitional], nimanima shiyō [volitional], にまにましない [negative], nimanima shinai [negative], にまにませず [continuative, negative], nimanima sezu [continuative, negative], にまにまします [formal], nimanima shimasu [formal], にまにました [perfective], nimanima shita [perfective], にまにまして [conjunctive], nimanima shite [conjunctive], にまにますれば [conditional, hypothetical], nimanima sureba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to smile satisfiedly Related terms: にやにや (niyaniya)
    Sense id: en-にまにま-ja-verb-dmNSOxQX Categories (other): Japanese adverbs optionally taking と-to, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese onomatopoeias, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese verbs without transitivity, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese adverbs optionally taking と-to: 36 64 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 24 76 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 21 79 Disambiguation of Japanese onomatopoeias: 14 86 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 19 81 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92
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    {
      "form": "にまにま",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ニマニマ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimanima",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ニマニマ",
        "opt": "to"
      },
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      "name": "ja-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "45 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese verbs without transitivity",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "with a satisfied smile"
      ],
      "id": "en-にまにま-ja-adv-1uUi1h61",
      "links": [
        [
          "satisfied",
          "satisfied"
        ],
        [
          "smile",
          "smile"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "にまにま"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɲ̟ima̠ɲ̟ima̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "にまにま"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "にまにまする",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ニマニマする",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimanima suru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にまにまし",
      "roman": "nimanima shi",
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にまにました",
      "roman": "nimanima shita",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-suru",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にまにまし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimanima shi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にまにまする",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimanima suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にまにますれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimanima sure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にまにませよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にまにましろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimanima seyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimanima shiro",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にまにまされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimanima sareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にまにまさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にまにまさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimanima saseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimanima sasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にまにまできる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimanima dekiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にまにましよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimanima shiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にまにましない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimanima shinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にまにませず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimanima sezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にまにまします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimanima shimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にまにました",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimanima shita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にまにまして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimanima shite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にまにますれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimanima sureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ニマニマ"
      },
      "expansion": "にまにまする or ニマニマする • (nimanima suru) suru (stem にまにまし (nimanima shi), past にまにました (nimanima shita))",
      "name": "ja-verb-suru"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "36 64",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese adverbs optionally taking と-to",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 86",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 76",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 79",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 86",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese onomatopoeias",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese verbs without transitivity",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 91",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 92",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to smile satisfiedly"
      ],
      "id": "en-にまにま-ja-verb-dmNSOxQX",
      "links": [
        [
          "smile",
          "smile"
        ],
        [
          "satisfiedly",
          "satisfiedly"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "niyaniya",
          "word": "にやにや"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "にまにま"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɲ̟ima̠ɲ̟ima̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "にまにま"
}
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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 onomatopoeias",
    "Japanese suru verbs",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese verbs",
    "Japanese verbs without transitivity",
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      "form": "にまにま",
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    },
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      "form": "ニマニマ",
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "nimanima",
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      ]
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adv",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "with a satisfied smile"
      ],
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        [
          "satisfied",
          "satisfied"
        ],
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          "smile",
          "smile"
        ]
      ]
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    {
      "other": "にまにま"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɲ̟ima̠ɲ̟ima̠]"
    }
  ],
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}

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      "form": "nimanima suru",
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    {
      "form": "にまにまし",
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    {
      "form": "にまにました",
      "roman": "nimanima shita",
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    {
      "form": "にまにまし",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "nimanima shi",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
      "form": "にまにまする",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "nimanima suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にまにますれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimanima sure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にまにませよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にまにましろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimanima seyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimanima shiro",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にまにまされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimanima sareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にまにまさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にまにまさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimanima saseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimanima sasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にまにまできる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimanima dekiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にまにましよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimanima shiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にまにましない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimanima shinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にまにませず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimanima sezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にまにまします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimanima shimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にまにました",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimanima shita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にまにまして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimanima shite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にまにますれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimanima sureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ニマニマ"
      },
      "expansion": "にまにまする or ニマニマする • (nimanima suru) suru (stem にまにまし (nimanima shi), past にまにました (nimanima shita))",
      "name": "ja-verb-suru"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "niyaniya",
      "word": "にやにや"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to smile satisfiedly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "smile",
          "smile"
        ],
        [
          "satisfiedly",
          "satisfiedly"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "にまにま"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɲ̟ima̠ɲ̟ima̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "にまにま"
}

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