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{
"forms": [
{
"form": "背く intransitive godan",
"ruby": [
[
"背",
"そむ"
]
],
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "somuku",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "背き",
"roman": "somuki",
"ruby": [
[
"背",
"そむ"
]
],
"tags": [
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "背いた",
"roman": "somuita",
"ruby": [
[
"背",
"そむ"
]
],
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "反く",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"kanji"
]
},
{
"form": "叛く",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"kanji"
]
},
{
"form": "負く",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"kanji",
"uncommon"
]
}
],
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"name": "ja-verb"
}
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],
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{
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"_dis": "17 66 17",
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"name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
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{
"_dis": "9 84 7",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "8 86 6",
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"glosses": [
"defy; ignore; run counter to; break a rule"
],
"id": "en-背く-ja-verb-iy50v~QP",
"links": [
[
"defy",
"defy"
],
[
"ignore",
"ignore"
],
[
"counter",
"counter"
],
[
"break",
"break"
]
]
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"name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
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"kind": "other",
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"betray one's party or country; go back on someone; break an agreement"
],
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"betray"
]
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"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[so̞mɯ̟kɯ̟]"
},
{
"other": "そむく"
}
],
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}
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"Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"Japanese godan verbs",
"Japanese godan verbs ending with -ku",
"Japanese intransitive verbs",
"Japanese lemmas",
"Japanese links with manual fragments",
"Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"Japanese terms read with kun'yomi",
"Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji",
"Japanese terms spelled with 背 read as そむ",
"Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent",
"Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
"Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Japanese verbs",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "背く intransitive godan",
"ruby": [
[
"背",
"そむ"
]
],
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"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "somuku",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "背き",
"roman": "somuki",
"ruby": [
[
"背",
"そむ"
]
],
"tags": [
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "背いた",
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[
"背",
"そむ"
]
],
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "反く",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"kanji"
]
},
{
"form": "叛く",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"kanji"
]
},
{
"form": "負く",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"kanji",
"uncommon"
]
}
],
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"tr": "intrans",
"type": "1"
},
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"name": "ja-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"glosses": [
"be contrary"
],
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[
"contrary",
"contrary"
]
]
},
{
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"defy; ignore; run counter to; break a rule"
],
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[
"defy",
"defy"
],
[
"ignore",
"ignore"
],
[
"counter",
"counter"
],
[
"break",
"break"
]
]
},
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"betray one's party or country; go back on someone; break an agreement"
],
"links": [
[
"betray",
"betray"
]
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "[so̞mɯ̟kɯ̟]"
},
{
"other": "そむく"
}
],
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{
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"ruby": [
[
"反",
"はん"
]
],
"sense": "be contrary",
"word": "反する"
}
],
"word": "背く"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 背く meaning in Japanese (2.1kB)
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