いえ

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Shortening of いいえ (īe, no).

Interjection

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いえ (ie

  1. Alternative form of いいえ (no)

Etymology 2

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For pronunciation and definitions of いえ – see the following entry.
2
[noun] a house
[noun] one's own home
[noun] a home, household
[noun] a family
(This term, いえ (ie), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as いえ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as いえ.)

Etymology 3

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Conjugated form of the verb 言う (iu, to say).

Verb

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いえ (ie

  1. hypothetical and imperative forms of いう (iu) [godan]