See やなぎ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "楊",
"2": "willow"
},
"expansion": "楊 (MC yang, “willow”)",
"name": "ltc-l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "木",
"3": "",
"4": "tree",
"tr": "ki"
},
"expansion": "Japanese 木 (ki, “tree”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "やぎ"
},
"expansion": "やぎ (yagi)",
"name": "ja-r"
},
{
"args": {
"nodots": "1"
},
"expansion": "CE",
"name": "C.E."
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "CE",
"name": "CE"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "也奈宜"
},
"expansion": "也奈宜",
"name": "lang"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Japanese. Cognate with Kunigami 柳 (yanāji), Miyako 柳 (yanagzï), Okinawan 柳 (yanaji) (likely all early borrowings from Middle Japanese).\nThe ultimate derivation is uncertain, with several theories presented in reference works. Some of the main theories:\n* Appears to be derived from a compound, possibly 矢 (ya, “arrow”) + な (na, Old Japanese apophonic form of possessive particle の (no)) + 木 (ki, “tree”). The ki changes to gi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).\n* Alternatively, the ya might be from the 字音 (jion, “character reading”) of Middle Chinese 楊 (MC yang, “willow”) + Japanese 木 (ki, “tree”).\nConsidering the existence of synonymous form やぎ (yagi) that appears in certain compounds, the medial na element is likely the particle.\nFirst cited to roughly 759 CE, in the Man'yōshū collection of poetry with the phonetic Man'yōgana spelling 也奈宜.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "やなぎ",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "ヤナギ",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "yanagi",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
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"1": "やなぎ",
"2": "ヤナギ"
},
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"name": "ja-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
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"pos": "noun",
"proverbs": [
{
"english": "willows are green, flowers are red",
"roman": "yanagi wa midori hana wa kurenai",
"ruby": [
[
"柳",
"やなぎ"
],
[
"緑",
"みどり"
],
[
"花",
"はな"
],
[
"紅",
"くれない"
]
],
"word": "柳は緑花は紅"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"柳, 楊, 楊柳: a willow tree"
],
"links": [
[
"柳",
"柳#Japanese"
],
[
"楊",
"楊#Japanese"
],
[
"楊柳",
"楊柳#Japanese"
],
[
"willow",
"willow"
],
[
"tree",
"tree"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"柳, 楊柳: a style of 襲の色目 (kasane no irome, “color combination by layering of garments”), with white on the front and greenish-blue (or yellowish-green) on the back"
],
"links": [
[
"柳",
"柳#Japanese"
],
[
"楊柳",
"楊柳#Japanese"
],
[
"style",
"style"
],
[
"襲の色目",
"襲の色目#Japanese"
],
[
"color",
"color"
],
[
"combination",
"combination"
],
[
"layering",
"layering"
],
[
"garment",
"garment"
],
[
"white",
"white"
],
[
"front",
"front"
],
[
"greenish",
"greenish"
],
[
"blue",
"blue"
],
[
"yellowish",
"yellowish#English"
],
[
"green",
"green#English"
],
[
"back",
"back"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Japanese short forms"
],
"glosses": [
"柳, 楊柳: Short for 柳色 (yanagi-iro): a dark yellow-green color, as from a willow leaf"
],
"links": [
[
"柳",
"柳#Japanese"
],
[
"楊柳",
"楊柳#Japanese"
],
[
"柳色",
"柳色#Japanese"
],
[
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"dark"
],
[
"yellow-green",
"yellow-green"
],
[
"color",
"color"
],
[
"leaf",
"leaf"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"ja:Card games"
],
"glosses": [
"柳: (card games) a suit in 花札 (hanafuda), representing the month of November"
],
"links": [
[
"柳",
"柳#Japanese"
],
[
"card game",
"card game"
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[
"suit",
"suit"
],
[
"花札",
"花札#Japanese"
],
[
"hanafuda",
"hanafuda"
],
[
"represent",
"represent"
],
[
"month",
"month"
],
[
"November",
"November"
]
]
}
],
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"other": "やなぎ"
},
{
"other": "やなぎ"
},
{
"ipa": "[ja̠na̠ɡʲi]"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Man'yōgana",
"Man'yōshū",
"Nihon Kokugo Daijiten"
],
"word": "やなぎ"
}
{
"categories": [
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"Japanese hiragana",
"Japanese lemmas",
"Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"Japanese nouns",
"Japanese proper nouns",
"Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese",
"Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Japanese terms with unknown etymologies",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"ja:Colors",
"ja:Trees",
"ja:Willows and poplars"
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"args": {
"1": "ヤナギ",
"lang": "ja"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "wp"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Willow"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "wp"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "ojp",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Old Japanese",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "xug",
"2": "柳",
"tr": "yanāji"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "mvi",
"2": "柳",
"tr": "yanagzï"
},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "ryu",
"2": "柳",
"tr": "yanaji"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"nocap": "1"
},
"expansion": "uncertain",
"name": "unc"
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{
"args": {
"1": "の"
},
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"name": "ja-r"
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{
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"2": "矢",
"3": "な",
"4": "木",
"pos2": "Old Japanese apophonic form of possessive particle の (<span class=\"mention-tr tr\">no</span>)",
"t1": "arrow",
"t3": "tree",
"tr1": "ya",
"tr2": "na",
"tr3": "ki"
},
"expansion": "矢 (ya, “arrow”) + な (na, Old Japanese apophonic form of possessive particle の (no)) + 木 (ki, “tree”)",
"name": "com"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "やなぎ"
},
"expansion": "やなき'",
"name": "sortkey"
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{
"args": {
"1": "ki",
"2": "gi"
},
"expansion": "The ki changes to gi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).",
"name": "rendaku2"
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{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "ltc",
"3": "-"
},
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"name": "der"
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{
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"1": "楊",
"2": "willow"
},
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"name": "ltc-l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "木",
"3": "",
"4": "tree",
"tr": "ki"
},
"expansion": "Japanese 木 (ki, “tree”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "やぎ"
},
"expansion": "やぎ (yagi)",
"name": "ja-r"
},
{
"args": {
"nodots": "1"
},
"expansion": "CE",
"name": "C.E."
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "CE",
"name": "CE"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "也奈宜"
},
"expansion": "也奈宜",
"name": "lang"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Japanese. Cognate with Kunigami 柳 (yanāji), Miyako 柳 (yanagzï), Okinawan 柳 (yanaji) (likely all early borrowings from Middle Japanese).\nThe ultimate derivation is uncertain, with several theories presented in reference works. Some of the main theories:\n* Appears to be derived from a compound, possibly 矢 (ya, “arrow”) + な (na, Old Japanese apophonic form of possessive particle の (no)) + 木 (ki, “tree”). The ki changes to gi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).\n* Alternatively, the ya might be from the 字音 (jion, “character reading”) of Middle Chinese 楊 (MC yang, “willow”) + Japanese 木 (ki, “tree”).\nConsidering the existence of synonymous form やぎ (yagi) that appears in certain compounds, the medial na element is likely the particle.\nFirst cited to roughly 759 CE, in the Man'yōshū collection of poetry with the phonetic Man'yōgana spelling 也奈宜.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Yanagi",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
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"1": "proper",
"2": "やなぎ"
},
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"name": "ja-pos"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Japanese surnames"
],
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"柳: a surname"
],
"links": [
[
"柳",
"柳#Japanese"
],
[
"surname",
"surname"
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]
}
],
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"other": "やなぎ"
},
{
"other": "やなぎ"
},
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"ipa": "[ja̠na̠ɡʲi]"
}
],
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"Man'yōgana",
"Man'yōshū",
"Nihon Kokugo Daijiten"
],
"word": "やなぎ"
}
Download raw JSONL data for やなぎ meaning in Japanese (10.0kB)
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"trace": ""
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