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意味

意味

Chinese

 
idea; meaning; wish; desire; (abbr.) Italy
 taste
simp. and trad.
(意味) 		意 味

Noun

意味

  1. significance; meaning; overtone

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
意 味
い
Grade: 3 		み
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

意味 ‎(hiragana いみ, romaji imi)

  1. a meaning, a significance, the point
    意味 (いみ)が通 (とお)らない。
    Imi ga tōranai.
    To not make any sense.
    意味 (いみ)を取 (と)る。
    Imi o toru.
    To understand.
    意味 (いみ)を捉 (とら)える。
    Imi o toraeru.
    To grasp the meaning.
  2. meaning; definition
    「マスをかく」ってどういう意味 (いみ)ですか？
    “Masu o kaku” tte dō iu imi desu ka?
    What does "masu o kaku" mean?
    意味 (いみ)不明 (ふめい)な言葉 (ことば)。
    Imi fumei na kotoba.
    A word of unclear meaning.

Compounds

Verb

意味する ‎(hiragana いみする, romaji imi suru)

  1. to mean, signify, imply

Conjugation

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.
  1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja in this term
意 味

Noun

意味 • ‎(uimi) ‎(hangeul 의미)

  1. Hanja form? of 의미, “meaning, significance”.

Etymology

Reborrowing from Japanese 意味 (いみ) ‎(imi).

Pronunciation

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