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意味

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Chinese

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idea; meaning; wish
idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.)
 
taste
simp. and trad.
(意味)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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意味

  1. significance; meaning; implication
  2. interest; overtone; flavour
  3. trend; tendency

Synonyms

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  • (significance):
  • (interest):
  • (trend):

Derived terms

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Verb

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意味

  1. to mean; to signify; to imply
  2. (Taiwan) to get a sense of; to experience; to feel

Synonyms

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  • (to mean):

Derived terms

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 3

Grade: 3
goon

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()() (imi

  1. a meaning; a significance; a point
    ()()(とお)らない。
    Imi ga tōranai.
    To not make any sense.
    ()()()る。
    Imi o toru.
    To understand.
    ()()(とら)える。
    Imi o toraeru.
    To grasp the meaning.
    • 2011 February 9, Hideaki Sorachi, “(だい)(さん)(びゃく)(さん)(じゅう)(いち)(くん) ()(ごと)(けん)(がく)大人(おとな)にとっても(まな)(こと)(おお)() [Lesson 331: Field Trips Are Often Learning Experiences Even for Adults]”, in (ぎん)(たま) [Silver Soul], volume 38 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
      この(はな)(した)(みぞ)しかりファミコンの(ツー)コンのマイクしかりスーパーレジェンド(よみ)()()(かく)(そら)()(ひで)(あき)しかり ()(なか)にはなんで(そん)(ざい)するのか()()がわからないもので(あふ)れている
      Kono hana no shita mizo shikari Famikon no Tsū Kon no maiku shikari Sūpā Rejendo yomikiri kikaku no Sorachi Hideaki shikari yo no naka ni wa nan de sonzai suru no ka imi ga wakaranai mono de afurete iru
      Just like this depression under your nose, the mic on a Controller II for the Famicom, or the fact that Sorachi Hideaki was on the Super Legend one-shot project, the world is full of things no one knows why exist, things without apparent meaning.
    • 2012 July 13, “()れの(いや)() [Healer of the Pride]”, in 基本セット2013 [Core Set 2013], Wizards of the Coast:
      ()()のない(いのち)などありません。(ちい)さすぎるからといって(つよ)くなれない()(もの)もいません。」
      Imi no nai inochi nado arimasen. Chīsasugiru kara to itte tsuyokunare nai ikimono mo imasen.”
      “No life is without meaning. No living thing is too small to be strong.”
  2. meaning; definition
    • 1958 July, Takeo Hatanaka, “太陽を呑む赤い老星の秘密 [Secrets of the red old star that dominates the Sun]”, in 随筆サンケイ (fiction):
      アンタレスの()は、「火星(かせい)(てき)」という意味(いみ)だそうである。
      Antaresu no na wa,“kasei no teki” to iu imi da sō de aru.
      They say the name Antares means "the enemy of the Mars."

Derived terms

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Verb

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()()する (imi surutransitive suru (stem ()() (imi shi), past ()()した (imi shita))

  1. to mean, signify, imply

Conjugation

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Conjugation of "意味する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 意味し いみし imi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 意味し いみし imi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 意味する いみする imi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 意味する いみする imi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 意味すれ いみすれ imi sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 意味せよ¹
意味しろ²
いみせよ¹
いみしろ²
imi seyo¹
imi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 意味される いみされる imi sareru
Causative 意味させる
意味さす
いみさせる
いみさす
imi saseru
imi sasu
Potential 意味できる いみできる imi dekiru
Volitional 意味しよう いみしよう imi shiyō
Negative 意味しない いみしない imi shinai
Negative continuative 意味せず いみせず imi sezu
Formal 意味します いみします imi shimasu
Perfective 意味した いみした imi shita
Conjunctive 意味して いみして imi shite
Hypothetical conditional 意味すれば いみすれば imi sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

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  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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意味 (uimi) (hangeul 의미)

  1. hanja form? of 의미 (meaning, significance)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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意味

  1. chữ Hán form of ý vị (deep; profound meaning)

Adjective

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意味

  1. chữ Hán form of ý vị (deeply; profoundly meaningful)