"問う" meaning in Japanese

See 問う in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [to̞ɯ̟]
Etymology: ⟨to₁pu⟩ → */tʷopu/ → /toɸu/ → /tou/ From Old Japanese. Etymology templates: {{IPAfont|⟨to₁pu⟩}} ⟨to₁pu⟩, {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese Head templates: {{ja-verb|とう|hhira=とふ|tr=trans|type=1s}} 問(と)う • (tou) ^(←とふ (tofu)?)transitive godan (stem 問(と)い (toi), past 問(と)うた (tōta)) Inflection templates: {{ja-conj-bungo|と|4-p}} Forms: 問う [canonical] (ruby: ()), tou [romanization], 問い [stem] (ruby: ()), 問うた [past] (ruby: ()), no-table-tags [table-tags], 問わ [error-unrecognized-form], とわ [error-unrecognized-form], towa [error-unrecognized-form], 問い [error-unrecognized-form], とい [error-unrecognized-form], toi [error-unrecognized-form], 問う [error-unrecognized-form], とう [error-unrecognized-form], tou [error-unrecognized-form], 問え [error-unrecognized-form], とえ [error-unrecognized-form], toe [error-unrecognized-form], 問われる [passive], とわれる [passive], towareru [passive], 問わせる [causative], 問わす [causative], とわせる [causative], とわす [causative], towaseru [causative], towasu [causative], 問える [potential], とえる [potential], toeru [potential], 問おう [volitional], とおう [volitional], toō [volitional], 問わない [negative], とわない [negative], towanai [negative], 問わず [continuative, negative], とわず [continuative, negative], towazu [continuative, negative], 問います [formal], といます [formal], toimasu [formal], 問うた [perfective], とうた [perfective], touta [perfective], 問うて [conjunctive], とうて [conjunctive], toute [conjunctive], 問えば [conditional, hypothetical], とえば [conditional, hypothetical], toeba [conditional, hypothetical], no-table-tags [table-tags], 問は [irrealis, stem], とは [irrealis, stem], tofa [irrealis], 問ひ [continuative, stem], とひ [continuative, stem], tofi [continuative], 問ふ [stem, terminative], とふ [stem, terminative], tofu [terminative], 問ふ [attributive, stem], とふ [attributive, stem], tofu [attributive], 問へ [realis, stem], とへ [realis, stem], tofe [realis], 問へ [imperative, stem], とへ [imperative, stem], tofe [imperative], 問はず [negative], とはず [negative], tofazu [negative], 問へど [contrastive], とへど [contrastive], tofedo [contrastive], 問へば [causative], とへば [causative], tofeba [causative], 問はば [conditional], とはば [conditional], tofaba [conditional], 問ひき [past], とひき [past], tofiki [past], 問ひけり [past], とひけり [past], tofikeri [past], 問ひつ [perfect], とひつ [perfect], tofitu [perfect], 問ひぬ [perfect], とひぬ [perfect], tofinu [perfect], 問へり [continuative, perfect], 問ひたり [continuative, perfect], とへり [continuative, perfect], とひたり [continuative, perfect], toferi [continuative, perfect], tofitari [continuative, perfect], 問はむ [volitional], とはむ [volitional], tofamu [volitional]
  1. to ask; to inquire
    Sense id: en-問う-ja-verb-VZb94qvr Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -u, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 29 39 32 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -u: 33 35 33 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 34 35 31 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 36 34 30 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 36 34 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 31 36 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 36 34 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 35 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 34 31
  2. to accuse (of a crime)
    Sense id: en-問う-ja-verb-Kw8Ri3P1 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -u, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 29 39 32 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -u: 33 35 33 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 34 35 31 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 36 34 30 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 36 34 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 31 36 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 36 34 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 35 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 34 31
  3. to care (about), have regard (for)
    Sense id: en-問う-ja-verb-0gDJuFq6 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -u, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 29 39 32 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -u: 33 35 33 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 34 35 31 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 36 34 30 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 36 34 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 31 36 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 36 34 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 35 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 34 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 訪う (tou) (ruby: ()) (english: seek, visit), 問い (toi) (ruby: ()) Related terms: 洋の東西を問わず (yō no tōzai o towazu) (ruby: (よう), (とう), 西(ざい), ())
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "とえ",
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      "form": "toe",
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    {
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    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "towareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問わせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問わす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とわせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とわす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "towaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "towasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問える",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問おう",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とおう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問わない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とわない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "towanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問わず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とわず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "towazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問います",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "といます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "touta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とうて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "form": "toute",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "form": "問えば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とえば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問は",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とは",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問ひ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とひ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問ふ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とふ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問ふ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とふ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問へ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とへ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問へ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とへ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問はず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とはず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問へど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とへど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofedo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問へば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とへば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問はば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とはば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofaba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問ひき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とひき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofiki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問ひけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とひけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofikeri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問ひつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とひつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofitu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問ひぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とひぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofinu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問へり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問ひたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とへり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とひたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toferi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofitari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問はむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とはむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofamu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "とう",
        "hhira": "とふ",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "1s"
      },
      "expansion": "問(と)う • (tou) ^(←とふ (tofu)?)transitive godan (stem 問(と)い (toi), past 問(と)うた (tōta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "と",
        "2": "4-p"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "yō no tōzai o towazu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "洋",
          "よう"
        ],
        [
          "東",
          "とう"
        ],
        [
          "西",
          "ざい"
        ],
        [
          "問",
          "と"
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      ],
      "word": "洋の東西を問わず"
    }
  ],
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 35 33",
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          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -u",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 35 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 34 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
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            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 34 30",
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          "_dis": "36 34 30",
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        {
          "_dis": "34 35 31",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "35 34 31",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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      "glosses": [
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      "id": "en-問う-ja-verb-VZb94qvr",
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          "ask"
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          "inquire",
          "inquire"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
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          "_dis": "31 36 33",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "36 34 30",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "34 35 31",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "35 34 31",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        "to accuse (of a crime)"
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      "id": "en-問う-ja-verb-Kw8Ri3P1",
      "links": [
        [
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          "accuse"
        ],
        [
          "crime",
          "crime"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "29 39 32",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 35 33",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 35 31",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 34 30",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 34 30",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 36 33",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "36 34 30",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 35 31",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 34 31",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        "to care (about), have regard (for)"
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      "id": "en-問う-ja-verb-0gDJuFq6",
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        [
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          "care"
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          "regard",
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        ]
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "とう"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[to̞ɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "問う"
}
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    "Japanese godan verbs",
    "Japanese godan verbs ending with -u",
    "Japanese irregular verbs",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese transitive verbs",
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    {
      "english": "seek, visit",
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      "ruby": [
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          "訪",
          "と"
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      "word": "訪う"
    },
    {
      "roman": "toi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "問",
          "と"
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      "name": "IPAfont"
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        "3": "-"
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        [
          "問",
          "と"
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        "canonical"
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    {
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          "問",
          "と"
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        "stem"
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    {
      "form": "問うた",
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        [
          "問",
          "と"
        ]
      ],
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-ou",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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    },
    {
      "form": "問わ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "とわ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "towa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問い",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "とい",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "問う",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "とう",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "tou",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問え",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
      "form": "とえ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "toe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "問われる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とわれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "towareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問わせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問わす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とわせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とわす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "towaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "towasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問える",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問おう",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とおう",
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      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toō",
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      "tags": [
        "volitional"
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    {
      "form": "問わない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "とわない",
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      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "towanai",
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        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問わず",
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      "form": "とわず",
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        "negative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "towazu",
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        "continuative",
        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "問います",
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        "formal"
      ]
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      "form": "といます",
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        "formal"
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      "form": "toimasu",
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        "formal"
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      "form": "問うた",
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      "form": "とうた",
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        "perfective"
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      "form": "touta",
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      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
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      "form": "問うて",
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      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
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      "form": "とうて",
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        "conjunctive"
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      "form": "toute",
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        "conjunctive"
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      "form": "問えば",
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        "hypothetical"
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    },
    {
      "form": "とえば",
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      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
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    {
      "form": "toeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問は",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とは",
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      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問ひ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とひ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問ふ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とふ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofu",
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      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問ふ",
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        "stem"
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    },
    {
      "form": "とふ",
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        "stem"
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    },
    {
      "form": "tofu",
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        "attributive"
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    {
      "form": "問へ",
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      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
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    {
      "form": "とへ",
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      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofe",
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      "tags": [
        "realis"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "問へ",
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      "tags": [
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        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とへ",
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      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問はず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とはず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問へど",
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      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とへど",
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      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofedo",
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      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問へば",
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      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とへば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofeba",
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      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問はば",
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      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とはば",
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      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofaba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問ひき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とひき",
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      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofiki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問ひけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とひけり",
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      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofikeri",
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      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問ひつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とひつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofitu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問ひぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とひぬ",
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      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofinu",
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      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問へり",
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        "perfect"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "問ひたり",
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        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とへり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とひたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toferi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofitari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問はむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とはむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofamu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "hhira": "とふ",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "1s"
      },
      "expansion": "問(と)う • (tou) ^(←とふ (tofu)?)transitive godan (stem 問(と)い (toi), past 問(と)うた (tōta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "と",
        "2": "4-p"
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      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
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  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "yō no tōzai o towazu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "洋",
          "よう"
        ],
        [
          "東",
          "とう"
        ],
        [
          "西",
          "ざい"
        ],
        [
          "問",
          "と"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "洋の東西を問わず"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to ask; to inquire"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ask",
          "ask"
        ],
        [
          "inquire",
          "inquire"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to accuse (of a crime)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "accuse",
          "accuse"
        ],
        [
          "crime",
          "crime"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to care (about), have regard (for)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "care",
          "care"
        ],
        [
          "regard",
          "regard"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "とう"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[to̞ɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "問う"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 問う meaning in Japanese (9.5kB)

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  "path": [
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  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "問う",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}

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  ],
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}

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}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
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  "path": [
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  ],
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  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "問う",
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}

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    "問う"
  ],
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  "subsection": "verb",
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  "trace": ""
}

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  "subsection": "verb",
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    "問う"
  ],
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  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "問う",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "subsection": "verb",
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  "trace": ""
}

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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 2025-01-13 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (4ba5975 and 4ed51a5). 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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