意味

Chinese

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

Pronunciation


Noun

意味

  1. significance; meaning; implication
  2. interest; overtone; flavour

Derived terms

Verb

意味

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

Derived terms


Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3

Grade: 3
goon

Pronunciation

Noun

意味 (hiragana いみ, rōmaji 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, Sorachi, Hideaki, “だい三百三十一くん 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Ⅱ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
    「マスをかく」ってどういう () ()ですか?
    “Masu o kaku” tte dō iu imi desu ka?
    What does "masu o kaku" mean?
     () () () (めい)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, rōmaji 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.
  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

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

意味 (uimi) (hangeul 의미)

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