"メール" meaning in Japanese

See メール in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: mēru [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from English mail. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|en|mail}} English mail Head templates: {{ja-noun}} メール • (mēru)
  1. email Categories (topical): E-mail Synonyms (email): 電子メール (denshi mēru) (english: electronic mail), eメール (ī-mēru)
    Sense id: en-メール-ja-noun-giREF~lW Disambiguation of E-mail: 50 25 23 2 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 36 37 21 6 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 38 37 22 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 38 37 22 3 Disambiguation of 'email': 87 13
  2. text message
    Sense id: en-メール-ja-noun-QMMNm76c Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese katakana, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese verbs without transitivity, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 36 37 21 6 Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 25 62 13 0 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 38 37 22 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 38 37 22 3 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 24 45 18 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 41 20 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 55 15 7

Verb

Etymology: Borrowed from English mail. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|en|mail}} English mail Forms: メールする [canonical], mēru suru [romanization], メールし [stem], メールした [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], メールし [error-unrecognized-form], mēru shi [error-unrecognized-form], メールする [error-unrecognized-form], mēru suru [error-unrecognized-form], メールすれ [error-unrecognized-form], mēru sure [error-unrecognized-form], メールせよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], メールしろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], mēru seyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], mēru shiro [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], メールされる [passive], mēru sareru [passive], メールさせる [causative], メールさす [causative], mēru saseru [causative], mēru sasu [causative], メールできる [potential], mēru dekiru [potential], メールしよう [volitional], mēru shiyō [volitional], メールしない [negative], mēru shinai [negative], メールせず [continuative, negative], mēru sezu [continuative, negative], メールします [formal], mēru shimasu [formal], メールした [perfective], mēru shita [perfective], メールして [conjunctive], mēru shite [conjunctive], メールすれば [conditional, hypothetical], mēru sureba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to email someone
    Sense id: en-メール-ja-verb--KXfRheM Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 36 37 21 6 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 38 37 22 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 38 37 22 3
  2. to text someone
    Sense id: en-メール-ja-verb-5i3x2yCR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: メールを送る (mēru o okuru) (ruby: (おく)) (english: to send an email; to send a text message)

Alternative forms

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      ],
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        [
          "email",
          "email"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to text someone"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "text",
          "text"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "to send an email; to send a text message",
      "roman": "mēru o okuru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "送",
          "おく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "メールを送る"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "ja:メール"
  ],
  "word": "メール"
}

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

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Mizenkei (\"imperfective\")'",
  "path": [
    "メール"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "メール",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Ren’yōkei (\"continuative\")'",
  "path": [
    "メール"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "メール",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Shūshikei (\"terminal\")'",
  "path": [
    "メール"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "メール",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Rentaikei (\"attributive\")'",
  "path": [
    "メール"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "メール",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Kateikei (\"hypothetical\")'",
  "path": [
    "メール"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "メール",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
  "path": [
    "メール"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "メール",
  "trace": ""
}

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