"ほのぼの" meaning in 日本語

See ほのぼの in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: [ho̞no̞bo̞no̞]
  1. 仄かに明るいさま。
    Sense id: ja-ほのぼの-ja-adv-K7StFkF5
  2. ほんのりと心の暖かみが感じられるさま。
    Sense id: ja-ほのぼの-ja-adv-lVf2tuww
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): 日本語, 日本語 国際音声記号あり, 日本語_古典日本語由来

Verb

IPA: [ho̞no̞bo̞no̞]
Forms: ほのぼのし [sa-row, irregular, imperfective], ほのぼのせ [sa-row, irregular, imperfective], ほのぼのさ [sa-row, irregular, imperfective], ほのぼのし [sa-row, irregular, continuative], ほのぼのする [sa-row, irregular, terminal], ほのぼのする [sa-row, irregular, attributive], ほのぼのすれ [sa-row, irregular, hypothetical], ほのぼのしろ [sa-row, irregular, imperative], ほのぼのせよ [sa-row, irregular, imperative], ほのぼのしない [negative, imperfective], ほのぼのせず [negative, archaic, imperfective], ほのぼのされる [active, passive, possibly, honorific, imperfective], ほのぼのします [polite, continuative], ほのぼのした [past, completive, continuative], ほのぼのする [definitive, terminal], ほのぼのすること [noun-from-verb, attributive], ほのぼのすれば [conditional, hypothetical], ほのぼのしろ [imperative], ほのぼのせよ [imperative]
  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: ja-ほのぼの-ja-verb-47DEQpj8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): 日本語, 日本語 動詞, 日本語 動詞 サ変, 日本語 国際音声記号あり, 日本語_古典日本語由来
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    "古典日本語「ほのぼの」 < 接頭辞「ほの」"
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  "lang_code": "ja",
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        "仄かに明るいさま。"
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      "glosses": [
        "ほんのりと心の暖かみが感じられるさま。"
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  "sounds": [
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      "other": "ほのぼの",
      "roman": "[hònóbóꜜnò]",
      "tags": [
        "Nakadaka",
        "Tokyo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ho̞no̞bo̞no̞]"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "古典日本語「ほのぼの」 < 接頭辞「ほの」"
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      "form": "ほのぼのさ",
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      ],
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        "sa-row",
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        "imperfective"
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    {
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    {
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      ],
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        "sa-row",
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    },
    {
      "form": "ほのぼのする",
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        "ほのぼの-する 動詞活用表（日本語の活用）"
      ],
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        "sa-row",
        "irregular",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほのぼのすれ",
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        "ほのぼの-する 動詞活用表（日本語の活用）"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "sa-row",
        "irregular",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほのぼのしろ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ほのぼの-する 動詞活用表（日本語の活用）"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "sa-row",
        "irregular",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほのぼのせよ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ほのぼの-する 動詞活用表（日本語の活用）"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "sa-row",
        "irregular",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほのぼのしない",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "未然形 + ない"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほのぼのせず",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "未然形 + ず"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "archaic",
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほのぼのされる",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "未然形 + れる"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "passive",
        "possibly",
        "honorific",
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほのぼのします",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "連用形 + ます"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "polite",
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほのぼのした",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "連用形 + た"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "completive",
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほのぼのする",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "終止形のみ"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definitive",
        "terminal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほのぼのすること",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "連体形 + こと"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb",
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほのぼのすれば",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "仮定形 + ば"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほのぼのしろ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "命令形のみ"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほのぼのせよ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "命令形のみ"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "日本語",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "動詞",
  "senses": [
    {
      "id": "ja-ほのぼの-ja-verb-47DEQpj8",
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ほのぼの",
      "roman": "[hònóbóꜜnò]",
      "tags": [
        "Nakadaka",
        "Tokyo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ho̞no̞bo̞no̞]"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "irregular",
    "sa-row"
  ],
  "word": "ほのぼの"
}

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    "古典日本語「ほのぼの」 < 接頭辞「ほの」"
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  "lang_code": "ja",
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      "glosses": [
        "仄かに明るいさま。"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ほんのりと心の暖かみが感じられるさま。"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "ほのぼの",
      "roman": "[hònóbóꜜnò]",
      "tags": [
        "Nakadaka",
        "Tokyo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ho̞no̞bo̞no̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ほのぼの"
}

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    "日本語 動詞 サ変",
    "日本語 国際音声記号あり",
    "日本語_古典日本語由来"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "古典日本語「ほのぼの」 < 接頭辞「ほの」"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ほのぼのし",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ほのぼの-する 動詞活用表（日本語の活用）"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "sa-row",
        "irregular",
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほのぼのせ",
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        "ほのぼの-する 動詞活用表（日本語の活用）"
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        "sa-row",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "ほのぼのさ",
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        "ほのぼの-する 動詞活用表（日本語の活用）"
      ],
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        "sa-row",
        "irregular",
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほのぼのし",
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        "ほのぼの-する 動詞活用表（日本語の活用）"
      ],
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        "sa-row",
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        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほのぼのする",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ほのぼの-する 動詞活用表（日本語の活用）"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "sa-row",
        "irregular",
        "terminal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほのぼのする",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ほのぼの-する 動詞活用表（日本語の活用）"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "sa-row",
        "irregular",
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほのぼのすれ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ほのぼの-する 動詞活用表（日本語の活用）"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "sa-row",
        "irregular",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほのぼのしろ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ほのぼの-する 動詞活用表（日本語の活用）"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "sa-row",
        "irregular",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほのぼのせよ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ほのぼの-する 動詞活用表（日本語の活用）"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "sa-row",
        "irregular",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほのぼのしない",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "未然形 + ない"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほのぼのせず",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "未然形 + ず"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "archaic",
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほのぼのされる",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "未然形 + れる"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "passive",
        "possibly",
        "honorific",
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほのぼのします",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "連用形 + ます"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "polite",
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほのぼのした",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "連用形 + た"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "completive",
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほのぼのする",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "終止形のみ"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definitive",
        "terminal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほのぼのすること",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "連体形 + こと"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb",
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほのぼのすれば",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "仮定形 + ば"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほのぼのしろ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "命令形のみ"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほのぼのせよ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "命令形のみ"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "日本語",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "動詞",
  "senses": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ほのぼの",
      "roman": "[hònóbóꜜnò]",
      "tags": [
        "Nakadaka",
        "Tokyo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ho̞no̞bo̞no̞]"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "irregular",
    "sa-row"
  ],
  "word": "ほのぼの"
}

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