"行動" meaning in Japanese

See 行動 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ko̞ːdo̞ː] Forms: 行動 [canonical] (ruby: (こう), (どう)), kōdō [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|こうどう}} 行(こう)動(どう) • (kōdō)
  1. action; behavior
    Sense id: en-行動-ja-noun-mnVrwbUD Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō) Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 54 46 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 83 17

Verb

IPA: [ko̞ːdo̞ː] Forms: 行動する intransitive suru [canonical] (ruby: (こう), (どう)), kōdō suru [romanization], 行動し [stem] (ruby: (こう), (どう)), 行動した [past] (ruby: (こう), (どう))
Head templates: {{ja-verb-suru|こうどう|tr=intransitive}} 行(こう)動(どう)する • (kōdō suru) intransitive suru (stem 行(こう)動(どう)し (kōdō shi), past 行(こう)動(どう)した (kōdō shita))
  1. to act Related terms: 団体行動 (dantai kōdō) (ruby: 団体行動(だんたいこうどう)), 行動規範 (kōdō kihan) (ruby: 行動規範(こうどうきはん)), 行動半径 (kōdō hankei) (ruby: 行動半径(こうどうはんけい))
    Sense id: en-行動-ja-verb-BSot66Nx Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms read with on'yomi, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 54 46 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 30 70 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with on'yomi: 25 75 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 30 70 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 28 72 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 30 70
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "行動",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "行",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "動",
          "どう"
        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
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    },
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      "form": "kōdō",
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      ]
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        "1": "こうどう"
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  "pos": "noun",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "action; behavior"
      ],
      "id": "en-行動-ja-noun-mnVrwbUD",
      "links": [
        [
          "action",
          "action"
        ],
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          "behavior",
          "behavior"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ko̞ːdo̞ː]"
    },
    {
      "other": "こーどー"
    }
  ],
  "word": "行動"
}

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      "form": "行動する intransitive suru",
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          "行",
          "こう"
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          "動",
          "どう"
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      "form": "kōdō suru",
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    },
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "categories": [
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          "_dis": "54 46",
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          "_dis": "25 75",
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          "_dis": "28 72",
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              15,
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          ],
          "english": "Unless we all share a sense of crisis and take urgent action, the Earth will have no future.",
          "ref": "2021 October 12, 志位和夫, quotee, “第205回国会 衆議院 本会議 第4号 令和3年10月12日”, in 国会会議録検索システム, 国立国会図書館:",
          "roman": "Kiki-kan o minna de kyōyū shite kinkyū ni kōdō shinakereba, chikyū no mirai wa ari-masen.",
          "text": "危機感をみんなで共有して緊急に行動しなければ、地球の未来はありません。",
          "translation": "Unless we all share a sense of crisis and take urgent action, the Earth will have no future.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
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          "roman": "dantai kōdō",
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              "団体行動",
              "だんたいこうどう"
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          "roman": "kōdō kihan",
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              "行動規範",
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            ]
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        },
        {
          "roman": "kōdō hankei",
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              "行動半径",
              "こうどうはんけい"
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        }
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    },
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      "other": "こーどー"
    }
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  "word": "行動"
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    "Japanese terms read with on'yomi",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 動 read as どう",
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    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
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    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent",
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          "動",
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      "form": "行動した",
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          "行",
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        ],
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          "動",
          "どう"
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          "団体行動",
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      "roman": "kōdō kihan",
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          "行動規範",
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          "roman": "Kiki-kan o minna de kyōyū shite kinkyū ni kōdō shinakereba, chikyū no mirai wa ari-masen.",
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}

Download raw JSONL data for 行動 meaning in Japanese (4.1kB)

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