diff --git a/lib/models/word_search/word_search_sense.dart b/lib/models/word_search/word_search_sense.dart
index 275d3da..ac50b48 100644
--- a/lib/models/word_search/word_search_sense.dart
+++ b/lib/models/word_search/word_search_sense.dart
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import 'package:jadb/models/jmdict/jmdict_dialect.dart';
 import 'package:jadb/models/jmdict/jmdict_field.dart';
 import 'package:jadb/models/jmdict/jmdict_misc.dart';
 import 'package:jadb/models/jmdict/jmdict_pos.dart';
+import 'package:jadb/models/word_search/word_search_sense_language_source.dart';
 import 'package:jadb/models/word_search/word_search_xref_entry.dart';
 
 class WordSearchSense {
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ class WordSearchSense {
   // TODO: there is a lot more info to collect in the languageSource data
 
   /// Information about the the origin of the word, if loaned from another language.
-  final List<String> languageSource;
+  final List<WordSearchSenseLanguageSource> languageSource;
 
   // TODO: add example sentences
 
@@ -106,6 +107,8 @@ class WordSearchSense {
         misc:
             (json['misc'] as List).map((e) => JMdictMisc.fromJson(e)).toList(),
         info: List<String>.from(json['info']),
-        languageSource: List<String>.from(json['languageSource']),
+        languageSource: (json['languageSource'] as List)
+            .map((e) => WordSearchSenseLanguageSource.fromJson(e))
+            .toList(),
       );
 }
diff --git a/lib/models/word_search/word_search_sense_language_source.dart b/lib/models/word_search/word_search_sense_language_source.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..01c70e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/models/word_search/word_search_sense_language_source.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/// A reference to a foreign language where this sense originates from.
+class WordSearchSenseLanguageSource {
+  final String language;
+  final String? phrase;
+  final bool fullyDescribesSense;
+  final bool constructedFromSmallerWords;
+
+  const WordSearchSenseLanguageSource({
+    required this.language,
+    this.phrase,
+    this.fullyDescribesSense = true,
+    this.constructedFromSmallerWords = false,
+  });
+
+  Map<String, Object?> toJson() => {
+        'language': language,
+        'phrase': phrase,
+        'fullyDescribesSense': fullyDescribesSense,
+        'constructedFromSmallerWords': constructedFromSmallerWords,
+      };
+
+  factory WordSearchSenseLanguageSource.fromJson(Map<String, dynamic> json) =>
+      WordSearchSenseLanguageSource(
+        language: json['language'],
+        phrase: json['phrase'],
+        fullyDescribesSense: json['fullyDescribesSense'] ?? true,
+        constructedFromSmallerWords:
+            json['constructedFromSmallerWords'] ?? false,
+      );
+}
diff --git a/lib/search/word_search.dart b/lib/search/word_search.dart
index 02234c8..701776c 100644
--- a/lib/search/word_search.dart
+++ b/lib/search/word_search.dart
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import 'package:jadb/models/jmdict/jmdict_reading_info.dart';
 import 'package:jadb/models/word_search/word_search_result.dart';
 import 'package:jadb/models/word_search/word_search_ruby.dart';
 import 'package:jadb/models/word_search/word_search_sense.dart';
+import 'package:jadb/models/word_search/word_search_sense_language_source.dart';
 import 'package:jadb/models/word_search/word_search_sources.dart';
 import 'package:jadb/models/word_search/word_search_xref_entry.dart';
 import 'package:jadb/util/sqlite_utils.dart';
@@ -492,8 +493,15 @@ List<WordSearchSense> _regroup_senses({
           .toList(),
       misc: miscs.map((e) => JMdictMisc.fromId(e['misc'] as String)).toList(),
       info: infos.map((e) => e['info'] as String).toList(),
-      languageSource:
-          languageSources.map((e) => e['language'] as String).toList(),
+      languageSource: languageSources
+          .map((e) => WordSearchSenseLanguageSource(
+                language: e['language'] as String,
+                phrase: e['phrase'] as String?,
+                fullyDescribesSense: e['fullyDescribesSense'] == 1,
+                constructedFromSmallerWords:
+                    e['constructedFromSmallerWords'] == 1,
+              ))
+          .toList(),
     );
 
     result.add(resultSense);