"ポイント" meaning in Japanese

See ポイント in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [po̞ĩnto̞] Forms: pointo [romanization]
Etymology: From English point. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|en|point|sort=ほいんと}} English point Head templates: {{ja-noun}} ポイント • (pointo)
  1. point, especially a key point in an explanation
    Sense id: en-ポイント-ja-noun-1VtEq7F4
  2. point (unit of scoring)
    Sense id: en-ポイント-ja-noun-~~86b0lv Categories (other): Japanese katakana Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 23 30 23 23
  3. (rail transport) points, switch, shunt
    Sense id: en-ポイント-ja-noun-5eiGrOJt Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Rail transportation, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Units of measure Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 4 10 78 8 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 4 10 69 17 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 5 11 66 18 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 3 8 65 23 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 5 11 66 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 11 74 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 8 79 8 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 4 18 57 21 Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
  4. (typography) a point (unit of size)
    Sense id: en-ポイント-ja-noun-Sw~DfzQU Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Typography Topics: media, publishing, typography

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for ポイント meaning in Japanese (2.6kB)

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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 2025-06-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (5ee713e 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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