"怪獣" meaning in Japanese

See 怪獣 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ka̠iʑɨː] Forms: 怪獣 [canonical] (ruby: (かい), (じゅう)), kaijū [romanization], kwaiziu [romanization], くわいじう [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|かいじゅう|hhira=くわいじう}} 怪(かい)獣(じゅう) • (kaijū) ^(←くわいじう (kwaiziu)?)
  1. monster Derived forms: 大怪獣 (daikaijū), 大怪獣映画 (daikaijū eiga), 怪獣映画 (kaijū eiga)

Inflected forms

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          "args": {
            "1": "en",
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          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "from 大怪獣"
          },
          "expansion": "(from 大怪獣)",
          "name": "gloss"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: kaiju (from 大怪獣)"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "怪獣",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "怪",
          "かい"
        ],
        [
          "獣",
          "じゅう"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaijū",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kwaiziu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "くわいじう",
      "roman": "kwaiziu",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "daikaijū",
          "word": "大怪獣"
        },
        {
          "roman": "daikaijū eiga",
          "word": "大怪獣映画"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kaijū eiga",
          "word": "怪獣映画"
        }
      ],
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        "monster"
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    }
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  "word": "怪獣"
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{
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    {
      "roman": "daikaijū",
      "word": "大怪獣"
    },
    {
      "roman": "daikaijū eiga",
      "word": "大怪獣映画"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kaijū eiga",
      "word": "怪獣映画"
    }
  ],
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          },
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        },
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          },
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        }
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    }
  ],
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          "怪",
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        ],
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        ]
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "くわいじう",
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        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
        "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
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      ],
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠iʑɨː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "怪獣"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 怪獣 meaning in Japanese (1.6kB)

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