► 終助詞
かい [かい] [coll] [peer] [男] meaning: question rank: 3
☆ これで十分かい？ ⇨ Is this enough? (☛ A colloquial variation of か)
かい [かい] [coll] [junior] meaning: question rank: 3
☆ おまえが吉蔵の娘かい？ ⇨ Are you the daughter of Kichizo? (☛ Often used by old people in period dramas)
かい [かい] [coll] [peer] [男] meaning: rhetorical question rank: 3
☆ ああ、そうかい ⇨ Huh, is that so? (☛ A colloquial variation of か)
► 名詞
会 [(1)かい] meaning: group rank: 2
☆ 日本医師会 ⇨ Japan medical doctor association
☆ 郷土を守る会 ⇨ A group to protect our hometown
会 [(1)かい] meaning: meet rank: 2
☆ 彼女は子供の誕生会を開いた ⇨ She had a birthday party for her child
☆ 私達は週に一度勉強会を開いている ⇨ We have a study group meet once a week
回 [(1)かい] [回を重ねる] [liter] meaning: time rank: 2
☆ 回を重ねるごとにコツがつかめてきた ⇨ As I tried many times, I started getting the hang of it
貝 [(1)かい] meaning: shellfish rank: 2
☆ 貝の入った味噌汁 ⇨ Miso soup with shellfish
階 [(1)かい] meaning: floor rank: 2
☆ 彼の部屋は上の階だ ⇨ His room is on the floor above (☛ The concept of 階 is actually a level or strata, not a floor, so 一階 is the ground floor, 二階 is 1st floor in the European convention)
☆ 私の部屋は十階にある ⇨ My room is on 10th floor (☛ The concept of 階 is actually a level or strata, not a floor, so 一階 is the ground floor, 二階 is 1st floor in the European convention)
甲斐 [(1)かい] meaning: worth rank: 3
☆ ずっと我慢した甲斐があった ⇨ It was worth persevering for a long time
► 接尾辞
回 [(1)かい] meaning: time rank: 1
☆ スカイダイビングを一回やってみたい ⇨ I want to try skydiving once
☆ 彼は三回目でやっと試験に合格した ⇨ He finally passed the exam at the third try
☆ 彼は何回注意しても止めない ⇨ He won’t stop no matter how many times I warn him
☆ 私はニューヨークに二回行ったことがある ⇨ I’ve been to New York twice
海 [かい] meaning: sea rank: 2
☆ 地中海 (ちちゅうかい) ⇨ The Mediterranean sea
界 [かい] meaning: field rank: 3
☆ 彼は経済学界の権威だ ⇨ He’s an authoritative figure in economics
界 [かい] meaning: world rank: 3
☆ 彼は政界の大立者だ (せいかい) ⇨ He is very influential in the political world
☆ 球界を代表するスター選手 (きゅうかい) ⇨ The star players who are the faces of the baseball world
More examples:
- それ本当かいな？ ⇨ Is that really true?
- 彼女は神経が細かい ⇨ She has fine nerves. She is very sensitive
- 彼は鉄条網をかいくぐって進んだ ⇨ He advanced ducking barbed wires
- 御向かいさんは犬を飼っている (おむかい) ⇨ My neighbor across has a dog
- 彼女の柔らかい髪 ⇨ Her soft hair
- 柔らかい布団 ⇨ A soft bedding
- 彼の生暖かい息を感じた ⇨ I felt his lukewarm breath
- 物腰の柔らかい人 ⇨ A mild-mannered person
- 彼は胡座をかいている ⇨ He’s sitting cross-legged
- 彼はなんやかんやと細かい注文を付ける ⇨ He makes all kinds of small orders, demands, complaints
- 我々は敵の裏をかいて奇襲をかけた ⇨ We outsmarted our enemy and ambushed them
- あいつは細かいことにうるさいからうんざりする ⇨ I’m fed up with him because he’s so fastidious about little stuff
- 彼女はでっかいクマの縫いぐるみを持っている ⇨ She has a huge stuffed bear
- 彼は頭が痛いとか何とかいって仕事をしない ⇨ He says he’s got a headache or whatever, and doesn’t do any work
- 細かい所は後で直そうと思っている ⇨ I’m thinking that I will fix the fine details later