See 獅子 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "ltc",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Middle Chinese",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "獅子",
"lit": "lion + (diminutive suffix)"
},
"expansion": "獅子 (MC srij tsiX, literally “lion + (diminutive suffix)”)",
"name": "ltc-l"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese 獅子 (MC srij tsiX, literally “lion + (diminutive suffix)”)",
"forms": [
{
"form": "獅子",
"ruby": [
[
"獅",
"し"
],
[
"子",
"し"
]
],
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "Shishi",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "proper",
"2": "しし"
},
"expansion": "獅(し)子(し) • (Shishi)",
"name": "ja-pos"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"the name of the lion dance 囃子 (hayashi, “musical accompaniment”) in various noh and kabuki plays"
],
"links": [
[
"囃子",
"囃子#Japanese"
],
[
"noh",
"noh"
],
[
"kabuki",
"kabuki"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"the first piece of music played in a 伎楽 (gigaku) performance (more commonly spelled 師子)"
],
"links": [
[
"music",
"music"
],
[
"伎楽",
"伎楽#Japanese"
],
[
"師子",
"師子#Japanese"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "しし"
},
{
"ipa": "[ɕi̥ɕi]"
}
],
"word": "獅子"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 獅子 meaning in Japanese (7.2kB)
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"called_from": "parser/1336",
"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
"path": [
"獅子"
],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "獅子",
"trace": ""
}
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"called_from": "parser/1336",
"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
"path": [
"獅子"
],
"section": "Japanese",
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}
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