"電波" meaning in Japanese

See 電波 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [dẽ̞mpa̠]
Head templates: {{ja-adj|でんぱ|infl=な}} 電(でん)波(ぱ) • (denpa) -na (adnominal 電(でん)波(ぱ)な (denpa na), adverbial 電(でん)波(ぱ)に (denpa ni)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=. に|attributive=. な|conditional=. なら(ば)|conjunctive=. で|continuative=. で|degree=さ|formal=. です|formal_negative=. で は ありません|formal_negative2=. じゃ ありません|formal_negative_past=. で は ありません でした|formal_negative_past2=. じゃ ありません でした|formal_past=. でした|hypothetical=. なら|imperative=. で あれ|imperfective=. だろ|informal_negative=. で は ない|informal_negative2=. じゃ ない|informal_negative_past=. で は なかった|informal_negative_past2=. じゃ なかった|informal_past=. だった|kana=でんぱ|lemma=電波|provisional=. だったら|terminal=. だ|volitional=. だろう}} Forms: 電波 [canonical] (ruby: (でん), ()), denpa [romanization], 電波な [adnominal] (ruby: (でん), ()), 電波に [adverbial] (ruby: (でん), ()), no-table-tags [table-tags], 電波だろ [imperfective, stem], でんぱだろ [imperfective, stem], denpa daro [imperfective], 電波で [continuative, stem], でんぱで [continuative, stem], denpa de [continuative], 電波だ [stem, terminative], でんぱだ [stem, terminative], denpa da [terminative], 電波な [attributive, stem], でんぱな [attributive, stem], denpa na [attributive], 電波なら [hypothetical, stem], でんぱなら [hypothetical, stem], denpa nara [hypothetical], 電波であれ [imperative, stem], でんぱであれ [imperative, stem], denpa de are [imperative], 電波ではない [informal, negative], 電波じゃない [informal, negative], でんぱではない [informal, negative], でんぱじゃない [informal, negative], denpa de wa nai [informal, negative], denpa ja nai [informal, negative], 電波だった [informal, past], でんぱだった [informal, past], denpa datta [informal, past], 電波ではなかった [informal, negative, past], 電波じゃなかった [informal, negative, past], でんぱではなかった [informal, negative, past], でんぱじゃなかった [informal, negative, past], denpa de wa nakatta [informal, negative, past], denpa ja nakatta [informal, negative, past], 電波です [formal], でんぱです [formal], denpa desu [formal], 電波ではありません [formal, negative], 電波じゃありません [formal, negative], でんぱではありません [formal, negative], でんぱじゃありません [formal, negative], denpa de wa arimasen [formal, negative], denpa ja arimasen [formal, negative], 電波でした [formal, past], でんぱでした [formal, past], denpa deshita [formal, past], 電波ではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], 電波じゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], でんぱではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], でんぱじゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], denpa de wa arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], denpa ja arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], 電波で [conjunctive], でんぱで [conjunctive], denpa de [conjunctive], 電波なら(ば) [conditional], でんぱなら(ば) [conditional], denpa nara (ba) [conditional], 電波だったら [conditional, past], でんぱだったら [conditional, past], denpa dattara [conditional, past], 電波だろう [volitional], でんぱだろう [volitional], denpa darō [volitional], 電波に [adverbial], でんぱに [adverbial], denpa ni [adverbial], 電波さ [noun-from-adj], でんぱさ [noun-from-adj], denpasa [noun-from-adj]
  1. (slang) random and nonsensical Tags: slang Categories (topical): Sciences
    Sense id: en-電波-ja-adj-acbsg7We Disambiguation of Sciences: 36 8 26 30 Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 14 14 32 39
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: デムパ (demupa) [slang]

Noun

IPA: [dẽ̞mpa̠] Forms: 電波 [canonical] (ruby: (でん), ()), denpa [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|でんぱ}} 電(でん)波(ぱ) • (denpa)
  1. radio wave
    Sense id: en-電波-ja-noun-VH4jn47N Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 14 14 32 39
  2. mobile phone signal Categories (topical): Sciences, Technology
    Sense id: en-電波-ja-noun-RkvyyiEm Disambiguation of Sciences: 36 8 26 30 Disambiguation of Technology: 0 0 100 0 Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 14 14 32 39
  3. (slang) nonsense produced by a mentally unsound person, who is termed a 電波(でんぱ)系(けい) (denpa-kei, “radio-wave-type”) person Tags: slang Categories (topical): Sciences
    Sense id: en-電波-ja-noun-A1ePpDzB Disambiguation of Sciences: 36 8 26 30 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 19 3 21 57 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 15 2 18 66 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 14 14 32 39 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 16 2 19 64 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 14 2 17 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 9 7 8 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 5 6 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: デムパ (demupa) [slang] Derived forms: 電波ソング (denpa songu) (ruby: 電波(でんぱ)), 毒電波 (dokudenpa) (ruby: 毒電波(どくでんぱ))
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "denpa songu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電波",
          "でんぱ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "電波ソング"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "dokudenpa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "毒電波",
          "どくでんぱ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "毒電波"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "電波"
          },
          "expansion": "電波/电波 (diànbō)",
          "name": "zh-l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Chinese: 電波/电波 (diànbō)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "전파"
          },
          "expansion": "전파 (jeonpa)",
          "name": "ko-l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Korean: 전파 (jeonpa)"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "電波",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電",
          "でん"
        ],
        [
          "波",
          "ぱ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "でんぱ"
      },
      "expansion": "電(でん)波(ぱ) • (denpa)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 14 32 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "talk over the radio",
          "roman": "denpa o tsūjite hanasu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "電波",
              "でんぱ"
            ],
            [
              "通",
              "つう"
            ],
            [
              "話",
              "はな"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "電波を通じて話す",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "radio wave"
      ],
      "id": "en-電波-ja-noun-VH4jn47N",
      "links": [
        [
          "radio wave",
          "radio wave"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 14 32 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 8 26 30",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Sciences",
          "orig": "ja:Sciences",
          "parents": [
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 100 0",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Technology",
          "orig": "ja:Technology",
          "parents": [
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Because of the tunnel, there is no mobile phone signal.",
          "roman": "Tonneru da kara denpa nashi.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "電波",
              "でんぱ"
            ],
            [
              "無",
              "な"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "トンネルだから電波無し。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "reception is bad",
          "roman": "denpa ga warui",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "電波",
              "でんぱ"
            ],
            [
              "悪",
              "わる"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "電波が悪い",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mobile phone signal"
      ],
      "id": "en-電波-ja-noun-RkvyyiEm",
      "links": [
        [
          "mobile phone",
          "mobile phone"
        ],
        [
          "signal",
          "signal"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 3 21 57",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 2 18 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 14 32 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 2 19 64",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 2 17 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 7 8 75",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 5 6 82",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 8 26 30",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Sciences",
          "orig": "ja:Sciences",
          "parents": [
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nonsense produced by a mentally unsound person, who is termed a 電波(でんぱ)系(けい) (denpa-kei, “radio-wave-type”) person"
      ],
      "id": "en-電波-ja-noun-A1ePpDzB",
      "links": [
        [
          "nonsense",
          "nonsense"
        ],
        [
          "系(けい)",
          "系#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) nonsense produced by a mentally unsound person, who is termed a 電波(でんぱ)系(けい) (denpa-kei, “radio-wave-type”) person"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "でんぱ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[dẽ̞mpa̠]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "demupa",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "デムパ"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Denpa",
    "ja:電波",
    "ja:電波系"
  ],
  "word": "電波"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "電波",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電",
          "でん"
        ],
        [
          "波",
          "ぱ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波な",
      "roman": "denpa na",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電",
          "でん"
        ],
        [
          "波",
          "ぱ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adnominal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波に",
      "roman": "denpa ni",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電",
          "でん"
        ],
        [
          "波",
          "ぱ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波だろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱだろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa daro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波だ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱだ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa da",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波な",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱな",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波なら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱなら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa nara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波であれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱであれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa de are",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波ではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波じゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱじゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa de wa nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa ja nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波だった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱだった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa datta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波ではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波じゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱじゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa de wa nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa ja nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波です",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波ではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波じゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱじゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa ja arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波でした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波ではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波じゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱじゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa ja arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波なら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱなら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa nara (ba)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波だったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱだったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa dattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波だろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱだろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa darō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波に",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "でんぱ",
        "infl": "な"
      },
      "expansion": "電(でん)波(ぱ) • (denpa) -na (adnominal 電(でん)波(ぱ)な (denpa na), adverbial 電(でん)波(ぱ)に (denpa ni))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": ". に",
        "attributive": ". な",
        "conditional": ". なら(ば)",
        "conjunctive": ". で",
        "continuative": ". で",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": ". です",
        "formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
        "formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
        "formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
        "formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
        "formal_past": ". でした",
        "hypothetical": ". なら",
        "imperative": ". で あれ",
        "imperfective": ". だろ",
        "informal_negative": ". で は ない",
        "informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
        "informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
        "informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
        "informal_past": ". だった",
        "kana": "でんぱ",
        "lemma": "電波",
        "provisional": ". だったら",
        "terminal": ". だ",
        "volitional": ". だろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 14 32 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 8 26 30",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Sciences",
          "orig": "ja:Sciences",
          "parents": [
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "random and nonsensical"
      ],
      "id": "en-電波-ja-adj-acbsg7We",
      "links": [
        [
          "random",
          "random"
        ],
        [
          "nonsensical",
          "nonsensical"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) random and nonsensical"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "でんぱ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[dẽ̞mpa̠]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "demupa",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "デムパ"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Denpa",
    "ja:電波",
    "ja:電波系"
  ],
  "word": "電波"
}
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    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
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    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
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    "Japanese な-na adjectives",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ja:Sciences",
    "ja:Technology"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "denpa songu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電波",
          "でんぱ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "電波ソング"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dokudenpa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "毒電波",
          "どくでんぱ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "毒電波"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "電波"
          },
          "expansion": "電波/电波 (diànbō)",
          "name": "zh-l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Chinese: 電波/电波 (diànbō)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "전파"
          },
          "expansion": "전파 (jeonpa)",
          "name": "ko-l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Korean: 전파 (jeonpa)"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "電波",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電",
          "でん"
        ],
        [
          "波",
          "ぱ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "でんぱ"
      },
      "expansion": "電(でん)波(ぱ) • (denpa)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "talk over the radio",
          "roman": "denpa o tsūjite hanasu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "電波",
              "でんぱ"
            ],
            [
              "通",
              "つう"
            ],
            [
              "話",
              "はな"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "電波を通じて話す",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "radio wave"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "radio wave",
          "radio wave"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Because of the tunnel, there is no mobile phone signal.",
          "roman": "Tonneru da kara denpa nashi.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "電波",
              "でんぱ"
            ],
            [
              "無",
              "な"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "トンネルだから電波無し。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "reception is bad",
          "roman": "denpa ga warui",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "電波",
              "でんぱ"
            ],
            [
              "悪",
              "わる"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "電波が悪い",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mobile phone signal"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mobile phone",
          "mobile phone"
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        [
          "signal",
          "signal"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nonsense produced by a mentally unsound person, who is termed a 電波(でんぱ)系(けい) (denpa-kei, “radio-wave-type”) person"
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      "links": [
        [
          "nonsense",
          "nonsense"
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          "系#Japanese"
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        "(slang) nonsense produced by a mentally unsound person, who is termed a 電波(でんぱ)系(けい) (denpa-kei, “radio-wave-type”) person"
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      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "でんぱ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[dẽ̞mpa̠]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "demupa",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "デムパ"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Denpa",
    "ja:電波",
    "ja:電波系"
  ],
  "word": "電波"
}

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    "Japanese adjectives",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese な-na adjectives",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ja:Sciences",
    "ja:Technology"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "電波",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電",
          "でん"
        ],
        [
          "波",
          "ぱ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波な",
      "roman": "denpa na",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電",
          "でん"
        ],
        [
          "波",
          "ぱ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adnominal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波に",
      "roman": "denpa ni",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電",
          "でん"
        ],
        [
          "波",
          "ぱ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波だろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱだろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa daro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波だ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱだ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa da",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波な",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱな",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波なら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱなら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa nara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波であれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱであれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa de are",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波ではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波じゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱじゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa de wa nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa ja nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波だった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱだった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa datta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波ではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波じゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱじゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa de wa nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa ja nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波です",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波ではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波じゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱじゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa ja arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波でした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波ではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波じゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱじゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa ja arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波なら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱなら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa nara (ba)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波だったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱだったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa dattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波だろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱだろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa darō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波に",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpa ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電波さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんぱさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denpasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "でんぱ",
        "infl": "な"
      },
      "expansion": "電(でん)波(ぱ) • (denpa) -na (adnominal 電(でん)波(ぱ)な (denpa na), adverbial 電(でん)波(ぱ)に (denpa ni))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": ". に",
        "attributive": ". な",
        "conditional": ". なら(ば)",
        "conjunctive": ". で",
        "continuative": ". で",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": ". です",
        "formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
        "formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
        "formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
        "formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
        "formal_past": ". でした",
        "hypothetical": ". なら",
        "imperative": ". で あれ",
        "imperfective": ". だろ",
        "informal_negative": ". で は ない",
        "informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
        "informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
        "informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
        "informal_past": ". だった",
        "kana": "でんぱ",
        "lemma": "電波",
        "provisional": ". だったら",
        "terminal": ". だ",
        "volitional": ". だろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "random and nonsensical"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "random",
          "random"
        ],
        [
          "nonsensical",
          "nonsensical"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) random and nonsensical"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "でんぱ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[dẽ̞mpa̠]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "demupa",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "デムパ"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Denpa",
    "ja:電波",
    "ja:電波系"
  ],
  "word": "電波"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 電波 meaning in Japanese (11.3kB)

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

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

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