See めだま in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"目",
"め"
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[
"玉",
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],
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},
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"etymology_text": "From 目(め) (me) + 玉(たま) (tama). The tama changes to dama as an instance of rendaku (連濁).",
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{
"form": "medama",
"tags": [
"romanization"
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},
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"hiragana",
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},
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"examples": [
{
"english": "On its wings was an eyeball-like pattern.",
"roman": "Sono hane ni wa medama no yō na moyō ga atta.",
"ruby": [
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"はね"
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[
"目",
"め"
],
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[
"模",
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[
"様",
"よう"
]
],
"text": "その翅には目玉のような模様があった。",
"type": "example"
}
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"glosses": [
"eyeball"
],
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"_dis": "10 90",
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"glosses": [
"main attraction or (by extension) primary matter of interest"
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"id": "en-めだま-ja-noun-oYfmMFWH",
"links": [
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"main",
"main"
],
[
"attraction",
"attraction"
],
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"primary",
"primary"
],
[
"matter",
"matter"
]
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"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "28 72",
"roman": "gankyū",
"ruby": [
[
"眼",
"がん"
],
[
"球",
"きゅう"
]
],
"sense": "more formal",
"word": "眼球"
}
]
}
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"other": "めだま"
},
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"ipa": "[me̞da̠ma̠]"
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "me no tama",
"ruby": [
[
"目",
"め"
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[
"玉",
"たま"
]
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"目",
"め"
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"玉",
"たま"
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"word": "めだま"
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"Japanese terms with rendaku",
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{
"roman": "medamayaki",
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[
"目",
"め"
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[
"玉",
"だま"
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"や"
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],
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"forms": [
{
"form": "medama",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "めだま",
"roman": "medama",
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"hiragana",
"historical"
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"english": "On its wings was an eyeball-like pattern.",
"roman": "Sono hane ni wa medama no yō na moyō ga atta.",
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"翅",
"はね"
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[
"目",
"め"
],
[
"玉",
"だま"
],
[
"模",
"も"
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[
"様",
"よう"
]
],
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"eyeball"
],
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[
"eyeball",
"eyeball"
]
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"main attraction or (by extension) primary matter of interest"
],
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"main",
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],
[
"attraction",
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],
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"primary",
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},
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"ipa": "[me̞da̠ma̠]"
}
],
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"roman": "gankyū",
"ruby": [
[
"眼",
"がん"
],
[
"球",
"きゅう"
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],
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"word": "眼球"
},
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"roman": "me no tama",
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[
"目",
"め"
],
[
"玉",
"たま"
]
],
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[
"目",
"め"
],
[
"玉",
"たま"
]
],
"word": "目ん玉"
}
],
"word": "めだま"
}
Download raw JSONL data for めだま meaning in Japanese (2.3kB)
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