"ペーパー" meaning in Japanese

See ペーパー in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: pēpā [romanization]
Etymology: From English paper. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|en|paper}} English paper Head templates: {{ja-noun}} ペーパー • (pēpā)
  1. paper (especially Western paper)
    Sense id: en-ペーパー-ja-noun-bdFd7tne Categories (other): Japanese katakana Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 42 12 12 23 11
  2. a newspaper Synonyms (a written assignment): 論文 (ronbun) Synonyms (the newspaper): 新聞 (shinbun)
    Sense id: en-ペーパー-ja-noun-nX5kbbRt Disambiguation of 'a written assignment': 24 45 31 0 Disambiguation of 'the newspaper': 4 87 8 0
  3. a paper; an essay Synonyms (the material paper): (kami), 洋紙 (yōshi)
    Sense id: en-ペーパー-ja-noun-hgmovyBK Categories (other): Paper Disambiguation of Paper: 23 12 43 0 21 Disambiguation of 'the material paper': 30 16 55 0
  4. Short for ペーパードライバー (pēpā doraibā). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: ペーパードライバー (extra: pēpā doraibā)
    Sense id: en-ペーパー-ja-noun-BC3j-NCP 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 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 10 9 11 62 7 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 17 19 20 32 13 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 16 19 13 40 12 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 17 14 14 42 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 7 5 70 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 7 5 73 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: キッチンペーパー (kitchin pēpā), サンドペーパー (sandopēpā), トイレットペーパー (toiretto pēpā), ペーパーアイテム (pēpā aitemu), ペーパーウェイト (pēpā weito), ペーパーウエイト (pēpā ueito), ペーパーウェート (pēpā wēto), ペーパーウエート (pēpā uēto), ペーパークラフト (pēpākurafuto), ペーパークロマトグラフィ (pēpā kuromatogurafi), ペーパークロマトグラフィー (pēpā kuromatogurafī), ペーパージャム (pēpā jamu), ペーパータイガー (pēpā taigā), ペーパータオル (pēpā taoru), ペーパータトゥー (pēpā tatū), ペーパーテスト (pēpā tesuto), ペーパー電池 (pēpā-denchi), ペーパーナイフ (pēpā naifu), ペーパーバック (pēpā bakku), ペーパーフィリグリー (pēpā firigurī), ペーパープラン (pēpā puran), ペーパーホルダー (pēpā horudā), ペーパーマネー (pēpā manē), ペーパーワーク (pēpāwāku), ペーパーカンパニ (pēpā kanpani), ペーパーカンパニー (pēpā kanpanī), ペーパー結婚 (pēpā-kekkon), ペーパーゴールド (pēpā gōrudo), ペーパー商法 (pēpā-shōhō), ペーパードライバ (pēpā doraiba), ペーパードライバー (pēpā doraibā), ペーパー離婚 (pēpā-rikon), ペーパー離再婚 (pēpā-risaikon)

Prefix

Forms: pēpā- [romanization]
Etymology: From English paper. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|en|paper}} English paper Head templates: {{ja-pos|prefix}} ペーパー • (pēpā-)
  1. existing only on paper Tags: morpheme Related terms: ペーパーレス (pēpāresu)
    Sense id: en-ペーパー-ja-prefix-I2Jb~qXe
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ペーパーカンパニ (pēpā kanpani), ペーパーカンパニー (pēpā kanpanī), ペーパー結婚 (pēpā-kekkon), ペーパーゴールド (pēpā gōrudo), ペーパー商法 (pēpā-shōhō), ペーパードライバ (pēpā doraiba), ペーパードライバー (pēpā doraibā), ペーパー離婚 (pēpā-rikon), ペーパー離再婚 (pēpā-risaikon)

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kitchin pēpā",
      "word": "キッチンペーパー"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "sandopēpā",
      "word": "サンドペーパー"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "toiretto pēpā",
      "word": "トイレットペーパー"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pēpā aitemu",
      "word": "ペーパーアイテム"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pēpā weito",
      "word": "ペーパーウェイト"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pēpā ueito",
      "word": "ペーパーウエイト"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pēpā wēto",
      "word": "ペーパーウェート"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pēpā uēto",
      "word": "ペーパーウエート"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pēpākurafuto",
      "word": "ペーパークラフト"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pēpā kuromatogurafi",
      "word": "ペーパークロマトグラフィ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pēpā kuromatogurafī",
      "word": "ペーパークロマトグラフィー"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pēpā jamu",
      "word": "ペーパージャム"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pēpā taigā",
      "word": "ペーパータイガー"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pēpā taoru",
      "word": "ペーパータオル"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pēpā tatū",
      "word": "ペーパータトゥー"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pēpā tesuto",
      "word": "ペーパーテスト"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pēpā-denchi",
      "word": "ペーパー電池"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pēpā naifu",
      "word": "ペーパーナイフ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pēpā bakku",
      "word": "ペーパーバック"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pēpā firigurī",
      "word": "ペーパーフィリグリー"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pēpā puran",
      "word": "ペーパープラン"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pēpā horudā",
      "word": "ペーパーホルダー"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pēpā manē",
      "word": "ペーパーマネー"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pēpāwāku",
      "word": "ペーパーワーク"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pēpā kanpani",
      "word": "ペーパーカンパニ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pēpā kanpanī",
      "word": "ペーパーカンパニー"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pēpā-kekkon",
      "word": "ペーパー結婚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pēpā gōrudo",
      "word": "ペーパーゴールド"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pēpā-shōhō",
      "word": "ペーパー商法"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pēpā doraiba",
      "word": "ペーパードライバ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pēpā doraibā",
      "word": "ペーパードライバー"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pēpā-rikon",
      "word": "ペーパー離婚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pēpā-risaikon",
      "word": "ペーパー離再婚"
    }
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        "3": "paper"
      },
      "expansion": "English paper",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From English paper.",
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      "form": "pēpā",
      "tags": [
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  ],
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  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        {
          "_dis": "42 12 12 23 11",
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          "name": "Japanese katakana",
          "parents": [],
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        }
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          "_dis1": "4 87 8 0",
          "roman": "shinbun",
          "sense": "the newspaper",
          "word": "新聞"
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          "roman": "ronbun",
          "sense": "a written assignment",
          "word": "論文"
        }
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          "parents": [],
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        }
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      ],
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        [
          "paper",
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        ],
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          "essay"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "30 16 55 0",
          "roman": "kami",
          "sense": "the material paper",
          "word": "紙"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "30 16 55 0",
          "roman": "yōshi",
          "sense": "the material paper",
          "word": "洋紙"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "extra": "pēpā doraibā",
          "word": "ペーパードライバー"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 9 11 62 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 19 20 32 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 19 13 40 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 14 14 42 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 7 5 70 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 7 5 73 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "Short for ペーパードライバー (pēpā doraibā)."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "ペーパードライバー",
          "ペーパードライバー#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ペーパー"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pēpā kanpani",
      "word": "ペーパーカンパニ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pēpā kanpanī",
      "word": "ペーパーカンパニー"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pēpā-kekkon",
      "word": "ペーパー結婚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pēpā gōrudo",
      "word": "ペーパーゴールド"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pēpā-shōhō",
      "word": "ペーパー商法"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pēpā doraiba",
      "word": "ペーパードライバ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pēpā doraibā",
      "word": "ペーパードライバー"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pēpā-rikon",
      "word": "ペーパー離婚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pēpā-risaikon",
      "word": "ペーパー離再婚"
    }
  ],
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        "3": "paper"
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      "name": "bor"
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  ],
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      "tags": [
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  ],
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "ペーパー • (pēpā-)",
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  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "prefix",
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        "existing only on paper"
      ],
      "id": "en-ペーパー-ja-prefix-I2Jb~qXe",
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          "on paper",
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      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "pēpāresu",
          "word": "ペーパーレス"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
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    }
  ],
  "word": "ペーパー"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese katakana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese prefixes",
    "Japanese terms borrowed from English",
    "Japanese terms derived from English",
    "Japanese terms spelled with ー",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ja:Paper"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "kitchin pēpā",
      "word": "キッチンペーパー"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sandopēpā",
      "word": "サンドペーパー"
    },
    {
      "roman": "toiretto pēpā",
      "word": "トイレットペーパー"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pēpā aitemu",
      "word": "ペーパーアイテム"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pēpā weito",
      "word": "ペーパーウェイト"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pēpā ueito",
      "word": "ペーパーウエイト"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pēpā wēto",
      "word": "ペーパーウェート"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pēpā uēto",
      "word": "ペーパーウエート"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pēpā kanpani",
      "word": "ペーパーカンパニ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pēpā kanpanī",
      "word": "ペーパーカンパニー"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pēpākurafuto",
      "word": "ペーパークラフト"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pēpā kuromatogurafi",
      "word": "ペーパークロマトグラフィ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pēpā kuromatogurafī",
      "word": "ペーパークロマトグラフィー"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pēpā-kekkon",
      "word": "ペーパー結婚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pēpā gōrudo",
      "word": "ペーパーゴールド"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pēpā jamu",
      "word": "ペーパージャム"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pēpā-shōhō",
      "word": "ペーパー商法"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pēpā taigā",
      "word": "ペーパータイガー"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pēpā taoru",
      "word": "ペーパータオル"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pēpā tatū",
      "word": "ペーパータトゥー"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pēpā tesuto",
      "word": "ペーパーテスト"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pēpā-denchi",
      "word": "ペーパー電池"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pēpā doraiba",
      "word": "ペーパードライバ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pēpā doraibā",
      "word": "ペーパードライバー"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pēpā naifu",
      "word": "ペーパーナイフ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pēpā bakku",
      "word": "ペーパーバック"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pēpā firigurī",
      "word": "ペーパーフィリグリー"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pēpā puran",
      "word": "ペーパープラン"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pēpā horudā",
      "word": "ペーパーホルダー"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pēpā manē",
      "word": "ペーパーマネー"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pēpā-rikon",
      "word": "ペーパー離婚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pēpā-risaikon",
      "word": "ペーパー離再婚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pēpāwāku",
      "word": "ペーパーワーク"
    }
  ],
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  ],
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      "expansion": "ペーパー • (pēpā)",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "paper (especially Western paper)"
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    {
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        "a newspaper"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a paper; an essay"
      ],
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        [
          "paper",
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    },
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          "extra": "pēpā doraibā",
          "word": "ペーパードライバー"
        }
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        "Short for ペーパードライバー (pēpā doraibā)."
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "kami",
      "sense": "the material paper",
      "word": "紙"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yōshi",
      "sense": "the material paper",
      "word": "洋紙"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shinbun",
      "sense": "the newspaper",
      "word": "新聞"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ronbun",
      "sense": "a written assignment",
      "word": "論文"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ペーパー"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese katakana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese prefixes",
    "Japanese terms borrowed from English",
    "Japanese terms derived from English",
    "Japanese terms spelled with ー",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ja:Paper"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "pēpā kanpani",
      "word": "ペーパーカンパニ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pēpā kanpanī",
      "word": "ペーパーカンパニー"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pēpā-kekkon",
      "word": "ペーパー結婚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pēpā gōrudo",
      "word": "ペーパーゴールド"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pēpā-shōhō",
      "word": "ペーパー商法"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pēpā doraiba",
      "word": "ペーパードライバ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pēpā doraibā",
      "word": "ペーパードライバー"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pēpā-rikon",
      "word": "ペーパー離婚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pēpā-risaikon",
      "word": "ペーパー離再婚"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "paper"
      },
      "expansion": "English paper",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From English paper.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pēpā-",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "ペーパー • (pēpā-)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "pēpāresu",
      "word": "ペーパーレス"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "existing only on paper"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "on paper",
          "on paper"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ペーパー"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ペーパー meaning in Japanese (5.3kB)

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "ペーパー"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ペーパー",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "ペーパー"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "prefix",
  "title": "ペーパー",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-20 using wiktextract (3dadd05 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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