さい

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Shift from ()(よう) (sayō).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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さい (saiさい (sai)?

  1. (dialect) so; such
    Synonym: (standard Japanese) そう ()
    さいですか/さいでっか?
    Sai desu ka/sai dekka?
    is that so?
    そうですか (standard Japanese)

Etymology 2

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For pronunciation and definitions of さい – see the following entries.
J
[noun] a rhinoceros
Alternative spelling
サイ
2
[noun] ability, talent, aptitude
[noun] alternative form of the volumetric unit (しょう) (shō)
5
[noun] time; occasion
S
[noun] a die, dice
5
[noun] my wife
4
[proper noun] a female given name
[prefix] most, greatest
5
[prefix] re-, again, repeated
S
[suffix] [from early 800s] -year-old
Alternative spellings
, サイ
S
[noun] loan, debt
差異
[noun] difference
(This term, さい (sai), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as さい, see Category:Japanese kanji read as さい.)

(The following entries are uncreated: , , 差違.)