ChineseEdit

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

PronunciationEdit


NounEdit

意味

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

SynonymsEdit

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

Derived termsEdit

VerbEdit

意味

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

SynonymsEdit

  • (to mean):

Derived termsEdit

JapaneseEdit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3

Grade: 3
goon

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

()() (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)(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
    「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)(こと)()
    Imi fumei na kotoba.
    A word of unclear meaning.

Derived termsEdit

VerbEdit

()()する (imi surusuru (stem ()() (imi shi), past ()()した (imi shita))

  1. to mean, signify, imply

ConjugationEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • 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

KoreanEdit

Hanja in this term

NounEdit

意味 (uimi) (hangeul 의미)

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

VietnameseEdit

Hán tự in this term

NounEdit

意味

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

AdjectiveEdit

意味

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