► 終助詞
かな [かな] [か+な] [coll] [peer] meaning: question rank: 1
☆ 君はどう思うかな? ⇨ What do you think?
かな [かな] [か+な] [coll] [peer] meaning: wish rank: 1
☆ もっと急いでくれないかな ⇨ Can they do it quicker?
☆ 雨止まないかな ⇨ I hope the rain stops
かな [かな] [か+な] [coll] [peer] meaning: wonder rank: 1
☆ あいつ本当に分かってんのかな? ⇨ Does he really understand it?
☆ これだけで本当に足りるかな? ⇨ I wonder if this really is enough
かな [(2)かな] [liter] meaning: how rank: 4
☆ 美しきかな大自然 ⇨ How beautiful mother nature is
► 名詞
仮名 [(2)かな] meaning: pronounce rank: 3
☆ 漢字に仮名を振っていある教科書 ⇨ A textbook that shows how to read Chinese characters in small letters
More examples:
- お淑やかな女性 ⇨ A classy woman
- 彼の噂をぱったり聞かなくなった ⇨ I completely stopped hearing his rumors
- 何か変な音がしたみたいだけど、気のせいかな? ⇨ I thought I heard a weird noise, or was that my mind playing tricks on me?
- 地球は宇宙の中ではちっぽけな星でしかない ⇨ Earth is just a tiny planet in the universe
- 彼は体裁をかなぐり捨てて懇願した ⇨ He begged throwing away his pride
- このマッチは火がつかない ⇨ This match doesn’t ignite
- 彼女に連絡が付かなくて心配している ⇨ I can’t get hold of her and I’m worried
- 皆で力を合わせれば何とかなる ⇨ If we all put our power together, work together, we can get it done
- いざという時に安全装置が働かなかった ⇨ The safety mechanism didn’t work when the accident actually happened
- 並の人では思い付かない考え ⇨ An idea ordinary people will never think of
- 彼女のデビューアルバムは大ヒットしたが、後が続かなかった ⇨ Her debut album was a huge hit, but the next one didn’t follow suit, was a flop
- 何度やっても旨く行かなかった ⇨ It didn’t go well no matter how many times I tried
- 彼がどんなに頑張ろうと彼女は彼に振り向かない ⇨ No matter how hard he tries she won’t show interest in him
- 世の中何はなくとも金さえあれば何とかなる ⇨ You can make it in this world even if you have only money but nothing else
- そのまま動かないで! ⇨ Hold steady as you are! Don’t move!