かい

See also: がい

Japanese

Etymology 1

See い (i).

Particle

かい • (kai) 

1. (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

• (less common) かえ (kae)

See also

• だい (dai)
• わい (wai)

Etymology 2

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 [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 【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

For pronunciation and definitions of かい – see the following entry.

【貝】1 [noun] a shellfish

(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

For pronunciation and definitions of かい – see the following entry.

【櫂】J [noun] oar, paddle

(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

For pronunciation and definitions of かい – see the following entry.

【甲斐】 [noun] value, reward, avail, being fruitful or worth doing [proper noun] 甲斐: Kai (a city in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan) [proper noun] 甲斐: Kai Province, an old province of Japan [proper noun] 甲斐: A surname​. Alternative spellings 詮, 効

(This term, かい, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 6

For pronunciation and definitions of かい – see the following entry.

【粥かゆ】J [noun] congee (a type of rice porridge) Alternative spelling しゅく

(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.)