"ピーマン" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [pʲiːmã̠ɴ] Forms: pīman [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from French piment (“chili pepper”). First cited to 1961. Etymology templates: {{bor+|ja|fr|piment||chili pepper}} Borrowed from French piment (“chili pepper”) Head templates: {{ja-noun}} ピーマン • (pīman)
  1. bell pepper, sweet pepper Synonyms (pepper): ベルペッパー (beru peppā), 甘唐辛子 (ama tōgarashi) (ruby: 甘(あま), 唐辛子(とうがらし)), ピメント (pimento), パプリカ (papurika)
    Sense id: en-ピーマン-ja-noun-dpLbp3xP Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Peppers Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 52 48 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 59 41 Disambiguation of Peppers: 86 14 Disambiguation of 'pepper': 74 26
  2. (slang) someone who is stupid, vapid, daft, not very bright (from the way that a bell pepper is mostly hollow inside, as a metaphor for such a person's head being empty) Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-ピーマン-ja-noun-3Vs~65hU Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese katakana, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 28 72 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 52 48 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 間抜け (manuke) (ruby: 間抜(まぬ)) [person], 馬鹿 (baka) (ruby: 馬鹿(ばか)) [person], 阿呆 (ahō) (ruby: 阿呆(あほう)) [person]

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for ピーマン meaning in Japanese (2.4kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-07 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (92124b4 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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