"ほう" meaning in Japanese

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "方",
        "2": "法",
        "3": "宝",
        "4": "砲",
        "5": "苞",
        "6": "報"
      },
      "expansion": "(The following entry is uncreated: 宝.)",
      "name": "ja-see-kango"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "(The following entry is uncreated: 宝.)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hō",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "ほう • (hō)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "intj",
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    "宝",
    "砲",
    "苞",
    "報"
  ],
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Whoa! That's a surprise.",
          "roman": "Hō! Sore wa odoroki da.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "驚",
              "おどろ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "ほう！それは驚きだ。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Expressing one's exclamation."
      ],
      "id": "en-ほう-ja-intj-ucseBnlI",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "hā",
          "word": "はあ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "fūn",
          "word": "ふうん"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hē",
          "word": "へえ"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ほう"
}

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  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "方",
        "2": "法",
        "3": "宝",
        "4": "砲",
        "5": "苞",
        "6": "報"
      },
      "expansion": "(The following entry is uncreated: 宝.)",
      "name": "ja-see-kango"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "(The following entry is uncreated: 宝.)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hō",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "ほう • (hō)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "intj",
  "redirects": [
    "方",
    "法",
    "宝",
    "砲",
    "苞",
    "報"
  ],
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        "Japanese hiragana",
        "Japanese interjections",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Whoa! That's a surprise.",
          "roman": "Hō! Sore wa odoroki da.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "驚",
              "おどろ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "ほう！それは驚きだ。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Expressing one's exclamation."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "hā",
      "word": "はあ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fūn",
      "word": "ふうん"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hē",
      "word": "へえ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ほう"
}

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  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "ほう"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "interjection",
  "title": "ほう",
  "trace": ""
}