Japanese [ edit ]
Etymology 1 [ edit ]
See い ( i ) .
Particle [ edit ]
かい • (kai )
( familiar , men's speech ) Marks a non-rhetorical question .
元( げん ) 気( き ) かい ?Genki kai ? Are you fine?
本( ほん ) 当( とう ) に 出( で ) 来( き ) るの かい ?Hontō ni dekiru no kai ? Can you really do it?
Alternative forms [ edit ]
See also [ edit ]
Etymology 2 [ edit ]
For pronunciation and definitions of かい – see the following entries.
【回 】 2
[affix] turn ; revolve
[affix] return ; go back
[affix] time ; occasion
[affix] ( dated ) Hui ; Islam
[affix] Alternative form of 蛔 ( kai , “ roundworm ; intestinal worm ” )
[counter] occurrences
[counter] innings in baseball, games , rounds
[counter] ( Kansai ) indicating year of university students
[noun] time , occasion
[noun] turn , round
[noun] episode , chapter
[noun] ( baseball , softball ) inning
【会 】 2
[noun] meeting , gathering
[noun] society , association , club
[suffix] meeting
[suffix] party ; function
【海 】 2
[affix] sea ; ocean
【絵 】 2
[affix] picture , painting , drawing , sketch
【界 】 3
[noun] boundary
[noun] a bounded area or region
[noun] a bounded group of people , a society , a world as a social grouping, such as business, celebrities, or finance
[noun] the border edge of a thing
[noun] ( Buddhism ) the category of a thing
[noun] ( Buddhism ) the world or realm of a thing
[noun] lines drawn between the lines of a text, as on lined writing paper
[noun] lines drawn to lay out a draft of a piece of artwork: a sketch
[noun] ( biology , taxonomy ) a kingdom
[noun] ( geology ) a stratum corresponding to a geologic age
【開 】 3
[affix] open
[affix] start ; beginning
【階 】 3
[affix] step ; stair ; storey
[affix] class ; rank ; level
[counter] floors , storeys (of a building)
【改 】 4
[affix] change ; modify ; reform
[suffix] revision
[suffix] revised , modified
【械 】 4
[affix] machine ; instrument
[affix] contraption ; fetter
[noun] This term needs a translation to English.
【快 】 5
[affix] pleasant , pleasing , comfortable , enjoyable
[affix] fast , quick ( in a pleasing way )
[affix] sharp (of knives); clever (of wits)
[affix] recovery (from illness, of health)
[noun] ( literary ) pleasure ; delight ; enjoyment
【解 】 5
[affix] divide ; split ; separate
[affix] untie ; loosen ; relax ; remove
[affix] make clear ; explain
[affix] understand ; comprehend
[affix] opinion ; explanation ; solution
[noun] explanation ; interpretation
[noun] ( mathematics ) solution
[noun] answer ; reply (to a given question or problem)
【灰 】 6
[affix] ash ; ashes
【介 】 S
[affix] to be between , mediate
[affix] assist ; help
[affix] shell , shellfish
[affix] armor
【戒 】 S
[noun] precept , commandment
【怪 】 S
[affix] strange ; suspicious
[affix] mysterious ; wonderful
[affix] extraordinary ; unusual
[noun] strangeness
【拐 】 S
[affix] kidnap ; abduct ; falsify
【悔 】 S
[affix] to repent , regret
【皆 】 S
[affix] all ; every
【塊 】 S
[affix] lump , mass , chunk , clod
【楷 】 S
[affix] model ; pattern
[affix] regular script : a style of Chinese characters that is square and straight-lined
【潰 】 S
[affix] to crush ; to smash
【壊 】 S
[affix] break
【晦 】 J
[affix] end of the month
[affix] dark , darkened
[affix] obscure , unknown
[affix] conceal , hide
(This term, かい , is an alternative spelling of the above Sino-Japanese terms.For a list of all kanji read as かい , not just those used in Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji read as かい .)
(The following entries are uncreated: 懐 , 諧 , 芥 , 廻 , 恢 , 魁 , 乖 , 偕 , 喙 , 誨 , 誡 .)
Etymology 3 [ edit ]
For pronunciation and definitions of かい – see the following entry.
(This term, かい , is an alternative spelling of the above term.For a list of all kanji read as かい , not just those used in Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji read as かい .)
Etymology 4 [ edit ]
For pronunciation and definitions of かい – see the following entry.
(This term, かい , is an alternative spelling of the above term.For a list of all kanji read as かい , not just those used in Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji read as かい .)
Etymology 5 [ edit ]
For pronunciation and definitions of かい – see the following entry.
(This term, かい , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
Etymology 6 [ edit ]
For pronunciation and definitions of かい – see the following entry.
【粥 かゆ 】 J
[noun] congee ( a type of rice porridge )
(This term, かい , is an alternative spelling of the above term.For a list of all kanji read as かい , not just those used in Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji read as かい .)