miai
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See also: mi-ai
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Japanese 見合い (みあい, miai).
Noun
[edit]miai (countable and uncountable, plural miais or miai)
- (countable) In Japan, a formal marriage interview, marriage meeting.
- In the game of go, the situation where two plays are available such that if one player takes one, the opponent will take the other one. The term applies most commonly when both possibilities give the same result.
Synonyms
[edit]- (formal marriage interview): omiai
Translations
[edit]formal marriage interview — see also blind date
See also
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Galician
[edit]Verb
[edit]miai
- (reintegrationist norm) second-person plural imperative of miar
Italian
[edit]Noun
[edit]miai m
Usage notes
[edit]- Officially miao is invariant, but the plural is actually used.
Portuguese
[edit]Verb
[edit]miai
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