"大人" meaning in Japanese

See 大人 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [o̞to̞na̠] Forms: 大人 [canonical] (ruby: 大人(おとな)), otona [romanization], 大人な [adnominal] (ruby: 大人(おとな)), 大人に [adverbial] (ruby: 大人(おとな))
Etymology: Appears in sources from the Heian period. Derivation unknown. Etymology templates: {{unk|ja|nocap=1|sort=おとな}} unknown Head templates: {{ja-adj|おとな|infl=na}} 大人(おとな) • (otona) -na (adnominal 大人(おとな)な (otona na), adverbial 大人(おとな)に (otona ni))
  1. mature; grown-up Categories (topical): Age
    Sense id: en-大人-ja-adj-inLqiS0y Disambiguation of Age: 23 0 15 4 8 0 0 9 6 6 3 3 0 0 0 3 3 0 15 0
  2. adult; sexual
    Sense id: en-大人-ja-adj-A-T7OTl8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 乙名 (english: leader; only for the senses)
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [o̞to̞na̠] Forms: 大人 [canonical] (ruby: 大人(おとな)), otona [romanization]
Etymology: Appears in sources from the Heian period. Derivation unknown. Etymology templates: {{unk|ja|nocap=1|sort=おとな}} unknown Head templates: {{ja-noun|おとな}} 大人(おとな) • (otona)
  1. an adult, a grown-up
    Sense id: en-大人-ja-noun-Z5o7Q8eD Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 2 0 20 5 7 6 6 10 7 6 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 9 1 13 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 2 0 19 4 6 6 6 11 7 6 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 9 1 14
  2. (uncommon, possibly archaic) a leader:
    an elder of a group or community
    Tags: archaic, possibly, uncommon
    Sense id: en-大人-ja-noun-J-wc4bqe Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys
  3. (uncommon, possibly archaic) a leader:
    in the late Muromachi period, the representative of a village or guild
    Tags: archaic, possibly, uncommon
    Sense id: en-大人-ja-noun-nDv9D1Mj Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys
  4. (uncommon, possibly archaic) a leader:
    the head lady-in-waiting
    Tags: archaic, possibly, uncommon
    Sense id: en-大人-ja-noun-R4aQx~~G Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys
  5. (uncommon, possibly archaic) a leader:
    one's wife
    Tags: archaic, possibly, uncommon
    Sense id: en-大人-ja-noun-OjM9mg0U Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys
  6. (uncommon, possibly archaic) a leader:
    in the Edo period, a kind of civil servant working in Nagasaki
    Tags: archaic, possibly, uncommon
    Sense id: en-大人-ja-noun-fA0oxMdq Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 6 2 5 4 2 5 2 18 6 6 5 6 2 2 2 2 5 12 5 4 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 6 1 4 4 3 4 2 13 5 5 3 3 4 1 1 4 3 14 3 16 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 5 1 12 9 13 12 13 22 14
  7. (uncommon, possibly archaic) a leader:
    the head servant
    Tags: archaic, possibly, uncommon
    Sense id: en-大人-ja-noun-zVmHx2MN Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 乙名 (english: leader; only for the senses)
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ɯ̟ɕi] Forms: 大人 [canonical] (ruby: 大人(うし)), ushi [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. Appears in the Nihon Shoki, completed in 720 CE. Derivation unknown. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ojp|-|sort=うし}} Old Japanese, {{unk|ja|nocap=1|sort=うし}} unknown Head templates: {{ja-noun|うし}} 大人(うし) • (ushi)
  1. (honorific) a lord, a landowner Tags: honorific
    Sense id: en-大人-ja-noun-kImOZPYu Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys
  2. an honorific form of reference for a scholar or teacher, or one's own father
    Sense id: en-大人-ja-noun-9ETL9m9n
  3. an honorific form of reference for the addressee
    Sense id: en-大人-ja-noun-74wB3Ke3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms:
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [ta̠iʑĩɴ] Forms: 大人 [canonical] (ruby: (たい), (じん)), taijin [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 大人 (dɑiᴴ ȵʑjen, literally “big, great + person”). Compare modern Cantonese reading daai⁶ jan⁴, Hokkien tāi-jîn. The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|大人|lit=big, great + person|tr=dɑiᴴ ȵʑjen}} Middle Chinese 大人 (dɑiᴴ ȵʑjen, literally “big, great + person”), {{cog|yue|-}} Cantonese, {{cog|nan-hbl||tāi-jîn}} Hokkien tāi-jîn Head templates: {{ja-noun|たいじん}} 大(たい)人(じん) • (taijin)
  1. a large person
    Sense id: en-大人-ja-noun-YMj0Qb-E
  2. a giant Synonyms (giant): 巨人 (kyojin) (ruby: (きょ), (じん))
    Sense id: en-大人-ja-noun-fQ5Z4acH Disambiguation of 'giant': 0 100 0 0 0 0
  3. an adult
    Sense id: en-大人-ja-noun-C59GjDHz
  4. a person of high rank, a ruler or noble Synonyms (noble): 貴人 (kijin) (ruby: (), (じん)) Synonyms (ruler): 君主 (kunshu) (ruby: (くん), (しゅ))
    Sense id: en-大人-ja-noun-Au-hERMj Disambiguation of 'noble': 0 0 0 91 7 2 Disambiguation of 'ruler': 0 0 0 100 0 0
  5. an honorific form of reference for a scholar or teacher, or one's own parent
    Sense id: en-大人-ja-noun-ew6CW05H
  6. a daimyo Synonyms (daimyo): 大名 (daimyō) (ruby: (だい), (みょう))
    Sense id: en-大人-ja-noun-FqgayV02 Categories (other): Japanese terms with multiple readings Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 6 1 4 4 3 4 2 13 5 5 3 3 4 1 1 4 3 14 3 16 Disambiguation of 'daimyo': 0 0 0 0 0 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (father): お父さん (otōsan) (ruby: (とう)) Synonyms (mother): お母さん (okāsan) (ruby: (かあ))
Etymology number: 3 Disambiguation of 'father': 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'mother': 0 0 0 0 0 0

Noun

IPA: [da̠iɲ̟ĩɴ] Forms: 大人 [canonical] (ruby: (だい), (にん)), dainin [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 大人 (dɑiᴴ ȵiɪn, literally “big, great + person”). Compare modern Hakka reading thai-ngìn. The goon reading, so likely an earlier borrowing. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|大人|lit=big, great + person|tr=dɑiᴴ ȵiɪn}} Middle Chinese 大人 (dɑiᴴ ȵiɪn, literally “big, great + person”), {{cog|hak|-}} Hakka Head templates: {{ja-noun|だいにん}} 大(だい)人(にん) • (dainin)
  1. an adult, a grown-up
    Sense id: en-大人-ja-noun-Z5o7Q8eD1
  2. (Buddhism) the Buddhas and bodhisattvas Categories (topical): Buddhism
    Sense id: en-大人-ja-noun-HAkeEZp6 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 2 0 5 4 6 7 5 15 8 6 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 14 1 19 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 6 1 4 4 3 4 2 13 5 5 3 3 4 1 1 4 3 14 3 16 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 3 0 6 5 8 7 7 12 8 7 2 1 1 0 0 2 2 10 1 15 Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4
{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "nocap": "1",
        "sort": "おとな"
      },
      "expansion": "unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Appears in sources from the Heian period. Derivation unknown.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "大人",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "大人",
          "おとな"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "otona",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "おとな"
      },
      "expansion": "大人(おとな) • (otona)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 0 20 5 7 6 6 10 7 6 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 9 1 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 0 19 4 6 6 6 11 7 6 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 9 1 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to ascend the staircase of (/towards) [being an] adult: to mature",
          "roman": "otona (e) no kaidan o noboru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "大人",
              "おとな"
            ],
            [
              "階",
              "かい"
            ],
            [
              "段",
              "だん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "大人(へ)の階段をのぼる",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Hold o-o-o-on!! Are you tryna turn this place into an adult pool!?",
          "ref": "2010 December 8, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)三(さん)百(びゃく)二(に)十(じゅう)二(に)訓(くん) 二(に)度(ど)あることは三(さん)度(ど)ある [Lesson 322: Twice, Thrice That There Are]”, in 銀(ぎん)魂(たま) [Silver Soul], volume 37 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:",
          "roman": "Chotto mateeee‼ Sore doko no otona no pūrū⁉",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "待",
              "ま"
            ],
            [
              "大人",
              "おとな"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "ちょっと待てぇぇぇ‼ それどこの大人のプールぅ⁉",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Hold o-o-o-on!! Are you tryna turn this place into an adult pool!?",
          "ref": "2010 December 8, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)三(さん)百(びゃく)二(に)十(じゅう)二(に)訓(くん) 二(に)度(ど)あることは三(さん)度(ど)ある [Lesson 322: Twice, Thrice That There Are]”, in 銀(ぎん)魂(たま) [Silver Soul], volume 37 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:",
          "roman": "Chotto mateeee‼ Sore doko no otona no pūrū⁉",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "待",
              "ま"
            ],
            [
              "大人",
              "おとな"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "ちょっと待てぇぇぇ‼ それどこの大人のプールぅ⁉",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "an adult, a grown-up"
      ],
      "id": "en-大人-ja-noun-Z5o7Q8eD",
      "links": [
        [
          "adult",
          "adult"
        ],
        [
          "grown-up",
          "grown-up"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a leader:",
        "an elder of a group or community"
      ],
      "id": "en-大人-ja-noun-J-wc4bqe",
      "links": [
        [
          "elder",
          "elder"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncommon, possibly archaic) a leader:",
        "an elder of a group or community"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "possibly",
        "uncommon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a leader:",
        "in the late Muromachi period, the representative of a village or guild"
      ],
      "id": "en-大人-ja-noun-nDv9D1Mj",
      "links": [
        [
          "representative",
          "representative"
        ],
        [
          "village",
          "village"
        ],
        [
          "guild",
          "guild"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncommon, possibly archaic) a leader:",
        "in the late Muromachi period, the representative of a village or guild"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "possibly",
        "uncommon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a leader:",
        "the head lady-in-waiting"
      ],
      "id": "en-大人-ja-noun-R4aQx~~G",
      "links": [
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ],
        [
          "lady-in-waiting",
          "lady-in-waiting"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncommon, possibly archaic) a leader:",
        "the head lady-in-waiting"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "possibly",
        "uncommon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a leader:",
        "one's wife"
      ],
      "id": "en-大人-ja-noun-OjM9mg0U",
      "links": [
        [
          "wife",
          "wife"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncommon, possibly archaic) a leader:",
        "one's wife"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "possibly",
        "uncommon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 2 5 4 2 5 2 18 6 6 5 6 2 2 2 2 5 12 5 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 1 4 4 3 4 2 13 5 5 3 3 4 1 1 4 3 14 3 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 1 12 9 13 12 13 22 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a leader:",
        "in the Edo period, a kind of civil servant working in Nagasaki"
      ],
      "id": "en-大人-ja-noun-fA0oxMdq",
      "links": [
        [
          "civil servant",
          "civil servant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncommon, possibly archaic) a leader:",
        "in the Edo period, a kind of civil servant working in Nagasaki"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "possibly",
        "uncommon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a leader:",
        "the head servant"
      ],
      "id": "en-大人-ja-noun-zVmHx2MN",
      "links": [
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ],
        [
          "servant",
          "servant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncommon, possibly archaic) a leader:",
        "the head servant"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "possibly",
        "uncommon"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "おとな"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[o̞to̞na̠]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "leader; only for the senses",
      "word": "乙名"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Heian period"
  ],
  "word": "大人"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "nocap": "1",
        "sort": "おとな"
      },
      "expansion": "unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Appears in sources from the Heian period. Derivation unknown.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "大人",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "大人",
          "おとな"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "otona",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大人な",
      "roman": "otona na",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "大人",
          "おとな"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adnominal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大人に",
      "roman": "otona ni",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "大人",
          "おとな"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "おとな",
        "infl": "na"
      },
      "expansion": "大人(おとな) • (otona) -na (adnominal 大人(おとな)な (otona na), adverbial 大人(おとな)に (otona ni))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "23 0 15 4 8 0 0 9 6 6 3 3 0 0 0 3 3 0 15 0",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Age",
          "orig": "ja:Age",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "Time",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "shop that has a mature atmosphere",
          "roman": "otona na kanji no o-mise",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "大人",
              "おとな"
            ],
            [
              "感",
              "かん"
            ],
            [
              "店",
              "みせ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "大人な感じのお店",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "mature response to the situation",
          "roman": "otona na taiō",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "大人",
              "おとな"
            ],
            [
              "対",
              "たい"
            ],
            [
              "応",
              "おう"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "大人な対応",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mature; grown-up"
      ],
      "id": "en-大人-ja-adj-inLqiS0y",
      "links": [
        [
          "mature",
          "mature"
        ],
        [
          "grown-up",
          "grown-up"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "adult; sexual"
      ],
      "id": "en-大人-ja-adj-A-T7OTl8",
      "links": [
        [
          "adult",
          "adult"
        ],
        [
          "sexual",
          "sexual"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "おとな"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[o̞to̞na̠]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "leader; only for the senses",
      "word": "乙名"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Heian period"
  ],
  "word": "大人"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ojp",
        "3": "-",
        "sort": "うし"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Japanese",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "nocap": "1",
        "sort": "うし"
      },
      "expansion": "unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Japanese. Appears in the Nihon Shoki, completed in 720 CE. Derivation unknown.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "大人",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "大人",
          "うし"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ushi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "うし"
      },
      "expansion": "大人(うし) • (ushi)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a lord, a landowner"
      ],
      "id": "en-大人-ja-noun-kImOZPYu",
      "links": [
        [
          "lord",
          "lord"
        ],
        [
          "landowner",
          "landowner"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(honorific) a lord, a landowner"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "honorific"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an honorific form of reference for a scholar or teacher, or one's own father"
      ],
      "id": "en-大人-ja-noun-9ETL9m9n"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an honorific form of reference for the addressee"
      ],
      "id": "en-大人-ja-noun-74wB3Ke3"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "うし"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɯ̟ɕi]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "卿"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Nihon Shoki"
  ],
  "word": "大人"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "大人",
        "lit": "big, great + person",
        "tr": "dɑiᴴ ȵʑjen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese 大人 (dɑiᴴ ȵʑjen, literally “big, great + person”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yue",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Cantonese",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nan-hbl",
        "2": "",
        "3": "tāi-jîn"
      },
      "expansion": "Hokkien tāi-jîn",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese 大人 (dɑiᴴ ȵʑjen, literally “big, great + person”). Compare modern Cantonese reading daai⁶ jan⁴, Hokkien tāi-jîn.\nThe kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "大人",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "大",
          "たい"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "じん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taijin",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "たいじん"
      },
      "expansion": "大(たい)人(じん) • (taijin)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a large person"
      ],
      "id": "en-大人-ja-noun-YMj0Qb-E",
      "links": [
        [
          "large",
          "large"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a giant"
      ],
      "id": "en-大人-ja-noun-fQ5Z4acH",
      "links": [
        [
          "giant",
          "giant"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0",
          "roman": "kyojin",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "巨",
              "きょ"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "じん"
            ]
          ],
          "sense": "giant",
          "word": "巨人"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an adult"
      ],
      "id": "en-大人-ja-noun-C59GjDHz",
      "links": [
        [
          "adult",
          "adult"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a person of high rank, a ruler or noble"
      ],
      "id": "en-大人-ja-noun-Au-hERMj",
      "links": [
        [
          "ruler",
          "ruler"
        ],
        [
          "noble",
          "noble"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0 0",
          "roman": "kunshu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "君",
              "くん"
            ],
            [
              "主",
              "しゅ"
            ]
          ],
          "sense": "ruler",
          "word": "君主"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 91 7 2",
          "roman": "kijin",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "貴",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "じん"
            ]
          ],
          "sense": "noble",
          "word": "貴人"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an honorific form of reference for a scholar or teacher, or one's own parent"
      ],
      "id": "en-大人-ja-noun-ew6CW05H"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "6 1 4 4 3 4 2 13 5 5 3 3 4 1 1 4 3 14 3 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a daimyo"
      ],
      "id": "en-大人-ja-noun-FqgayV02",
      "links": [
        [
          "daimyo",
          "daimyo"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 99",
          "roman": "daimyō",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "大",
              "だい"
            ],
            [
              "名",
              "みょう"
            ]
          ],
          "sense": "daimyo",
          "word": "大名"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "たいじん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ta̠iʑĩɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "okāsan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "母",
          "かあ"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "mother",
      "word": "お母さん"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "otōsan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "父",
          "とう"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "father",
      "word": "お父さん"
    }
  ],
  "word": "大人"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 4,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "大人",
        "lit": "big, great + person",
        "tr": "dɑiᴴ ȵiɪn"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese 大人 (dɑiᴴ ȵiɪn, literally “big, great + person”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hak",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Hakka",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese 大人 (dɑiᴴ ȵiɪn, literally “big, great + person”). Compare modern Hakka reading thai-ngìn.\nThe goon reading, so likely an earlier borrowing.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "大人",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "大",
          "だい"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "にん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dainin",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "だいにん"
      },
      "expansion": "大(だい)人(にん) • (dainin)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an adult, a grown-up"
      ],
      "id": "en-大人-ja-noun-Z5o7Q8eD1",
      "links": [
        [
          "adult",
          "adult"
        ],
        [
          "grown-up",
          "grown-up"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Buddhism",
          "orig": "ja:Buddhism",
          "parents": [
            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 0 5 4 6 7 5 15 8 6 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 14 1 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 1 4 4 3 4 2 13 5 5 3 3 4 1 1 4 3 14 3 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 0 6 5 8 7 7 12 8 7 2 1 1 0 0 2 2 10 1 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the Buddhas and bodhisattvas"
      ],
      "id": "en-大人-ja-noun-HAkeEZp6",
      "links": [
        [
          "Buddhism",
          "Buddhism"
        ],
        [
          "Buddha",
          "Buddha"
        ],
        [
          "bodhisattva",
          "bodhisattva"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Buddhism) the Buddhas and bodhisattvas"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Buddhism",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "だいにん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[da̠iɲ̟ĩɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "大人"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese adjectives",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with unknown etymologies",
    "Japanese な-na adjectives",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ja:Age"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "nocap": "1",
        "sort": "おとな"
      },
      "expansion": "unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Appears in sources from the Heian period. Derivation unknown.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "大人",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "大人",
          "おとな"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "otona",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "おとな"
      },
      "expansion": "大人(おとな) • (otona)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to ascend the staircase of (/towards) [being an] adult: to mature",
          "roman": "otona (e) no kaidan o noboru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "大人",
              "おとな"
            ],
            [
              "階",
              "かい"
            ],
            [
              "段",
              "だん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "大人(へ)の階段をのぼる",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Hold o-o-o-on!! Are you tryna turn this place into an adult pool!?",
          "ref": "2010 December 8, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)三(さん)百(びゃく)二(に)十(じゅう)二(に)訓(くん) 二(に)度(ど)あることは三(さん)度(ど)ある [Lesson 322: Twice, Thrice That There Are]”, in 銀(ぎん)魂(たま) [Silver Soul], volume 37 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:",
          "roman": "Chotto mateeee‼ Sore doko no otona no pūrū⁉",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "待",
              "ま"
            ],
            [
              "大人",
              "おとな"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "ちょっと待てぇぇぇ‼ それどこの大人のプールぅ⁉",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Hold o-o-o-on!! Are you tryna turn this place into an adult pool!?",
          "ref": "2010 December 8, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)三(さん)百(びゃく)二(に)十(じゅう)二(に)訓(くん) 二(に)度(ど)あることは三(さん)度(ど)ある [Lesson 322: Twice, Thrice That There Are]”, in 銀(ぎん)魂(たま) [Silver Soul], volume 37 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:",
          "roman": "Chotto mateeee‼ Sore doko no otona no pūrū⁉",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "待",
              "ま"
            ],
            [
              "大人",
              "おとな"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "ちょっと待てぇぇぇ‼ それどこの大人のプールぅ⁉",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "an adult, a grown-up"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "adult",
          "adult"
        ],
        [
          "grown-up",
          "grown-up"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with archaic senses",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with uncommon senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a leader:",
        "an elder of a group or community"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "elder",
          "elder"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncommon, possibly archaic) a leader:",
        "an elder of a group or community"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "possibly",
        "uncommon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with archaic senses",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with uncommon senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a leader:",
        "in the late Muromachi period, the representative of a village or guild"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "representative",
          "representative"
        ],
        [
          "village",
          "village"
        ],
        [
          "guild",
          "guild"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncommon, possibly archaic) a leader:",
        "in the late Muromachi period, the representative of a village or guild"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "possibly",
        "uncommon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with archaic senses",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with uncommon senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a leader:",
        "the head lady-in-waiting"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ],
        [
          "lady-in-waiting",
          "lady-in-waiting"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncommon, possibly archaic) a leader:",
        "the head lady-in-waiting"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "possibly",
        "uncommon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with archaic senses",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with uncommon senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a leader:",
        "one's wife"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wife",
          "wife"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncommon, possibly archaic) a leader:",
        "one's wife"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "possibly",
        "uncommon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with archaic senses",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with uncommon senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a leader:",
        "in the Edo period, a kind of civil servant working in Nagasaki"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "civil servant",
          "civil servant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncommon, possibly archaic) a leader:",
        "in the Edo period, a kind of civil servant working in Nagasaki"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "possibly",
        "uncommon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with archaic senses",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with uncommon senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a leader:",
        "the head servant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ],
        [
          "servant",
          "servant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncommon, possibly archaic) a leader:",
        "the head servant"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "possibly",
        "uncommon"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "おとな"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[o̞to̞na̠]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "leader; only for the senses",
      "word": "乙名"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Heian period"
  ],
  "word": "大人"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese adjectives",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with unknown etymologies",
    "Japanese な-na adjectives",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ja:Age"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "nocap": "1",
        "sort": "おとな"
      },
      "expansion": "unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Appears in sources from the Heian period. Derivation unknown.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "大人",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "大人",
          "おとな"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "otona",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大人な",
      "roman": "otona na",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "大人",
          "おとな"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adnominal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "大人に",
      "roman": "otona ni",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "大人",
          "おとな"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "おとな",
        "infl": "na"
      },
      "expansion": "大人(おとな) • (otona) -na (adnominal 大人(おとな)な (otona na), adverbial 大人(おとな)に (otona ni))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "shop that has a mature atmosphere",
          "roman": "otona na kanji no o-mise",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "大人",
              "おとな"
            ],
            [
              "感",
              "かん"
            ],
            [
              "店",
              "みせ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "大人な感じのお店",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "mature response to the situation",
          "roman": "otona na taiō",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "大人",
              "おとな"
            ],
            [
              "対",
              "たい"
            ],
            [
              "応",
              "おう"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "大人な対応",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mature; grown-up"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mature",
          "mature"
        ],
        [
          "grown-up",
          "grown-up"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "adult; sexual"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "adult",
          "adult"
        ],
        [
          "sexual",
          "sexual"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "おとな"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[o̞to̞na̠]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "leader; only for the senses",
      "word": "乙名"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Heian period"
  ],
  "word": "大人"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with unknown etymologies",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ja:Age"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ojp",
        "3": "-",
        "sort": "うし"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Japanese",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "nocap": "1",
        "sort": "うし"
      },
      "expansion": "unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Japanese. Appears in the Nihon Shoki, completed in 720 CE. Derivation unknown.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "大人",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "大人",
          "うし"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ushi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "うし"
      },
      "expansion": "大人(うし) • (ushi)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese honorific terms",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a lord, a landowner"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lord",
          "lord"
        ],
        [
          "landowner",
          "landowner"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(honorific) a lord, a landowner"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "honorific"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an honorific form of reference for a scholar or teacher, or one's own father"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an honorific form of reference for the addressee"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "うし"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɯ̟ɕi]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "卿"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Nihon Shoki"
  ],
  "word": "大人"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ja:Age"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "大人",
        "lit": "big, great + person",
        "tr": "dɑiᴴ ȵʑjen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese 大人 (dɑiᴴ ȵʑjen, literally “big, great + person”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yue",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Cantonese",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nan-hbl",
        "2": "",
        "3": "tāi-jîn"
      },
      "expansion": "Hokkien tāi-jîn",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese 大人 (dɑiᴴ ȵʑjen, literally “big, great + person”). Compare modern Cantonese reading daai⁶ jan⁴, Hokkien tāi-jîn.\nThe kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "大人",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "大",
          "たい"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "じん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taijin",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "たいじん"
      },
      "expansion": "大(たい)人(じん) • (taijin)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a large person"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "large",
          "large"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a giant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "giant",
          "giant"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an adult"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "adult",
          "adult"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a person of high rank, a ruler or noble"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ruler",
          "ruler"
        ],
        [
          "noble",
          "noble"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an honorific form of reference for a scholar or teacher, or one's own parent"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a daimyo"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "daimyo",
          "daimyo"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "たいじん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ta̠iʑĩɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "kyojin",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "巨",
          "きょ"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "じん"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "giant",
      "word": "巨人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kunshu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "君",
          "くん"
        ],
        [
          "主",
          "しゅ"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "ruler",
      "word": "君主"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kijin",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "貴",
          "き"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "じん"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "noble",
      "word": "貴人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "okāsan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "母",
          "かあ"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "mother",
      "word": "お母さん"
    },
    {
      "roman": "otōsan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "父",
          "とう"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "father",
      "word": "お父さん"
    },
    {
      "roman": "daimyō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "大",
          "だい"
        ],
        [
          "名",
          "みょう"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "daimyo",
      "word": "大名"
    }
  ],
  "word": "大人"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ja:Age"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 4,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "大人",
        "lit": "big, great + person",
        "tr": "dɑiᴴ ȵiɪn"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese 大人 (dɑiᴴ ȵiɪn, literally “big, great + person”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hak",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Hakka",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese 大人 (dɑiᴴ ȵiɪn, literally “big, great + person”). Compare modern Hakka reading thai-ngìn.\nThe goon reading, so likely an earlier borrowing.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "大人",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "大",
          "だい"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "にん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dainin",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "だいにん"
      },
      "expansion": "大(だい)人(にん) • (dainin)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an adult, a grown-up"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "adult",
          "adult"
        ],
        [
          "grown-up",
          "grown-up"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "ja:Buddhism"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the Buddhas and bodhisattvas"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Buddhism",
          "Buddhism"
        ],
        [
          "Buddha",
          "Buddha"
        ],
        [
          "bodhisattva",
          "bodhisattva"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Buddhism) the Buddhas and bodhisattvas"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Buddhism",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "だいにん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[da̠iɲ̟ĩɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "大人"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 大人 meaning in Japanese (14.1kB)

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

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

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

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

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

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (8a39820 and 4401a4c). 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.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.