► 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:
- あれに気が付かないなんてお前の目は節穴だ ⇨ Your eyes are just holes, useless, if you don’t notice that
- それぞれが勝手な事を言い出したら収拾がつかなくなる ⇨ If each person insists what is convenient for him, things will be out of hand
- 一刻たりとも失うわけにはいかない状況 ⇨ A situation where you can’t afford to lose even one second
- 政府の専制化に歯止めが効かなくなってきている ⇨ There has been not much stopping the government’s move toward authoritarianism
- この役は有名女優なら誰でも良いという訳には行かない ⇨ It’s not like any famous actress can play this role
- 彼は体調が悪いだの仕事が旨く行かないだの何だのと文句が多い ⇨ He complains a lot saying not feeling well, work is not going well or whatever
- あのまま放っておくわけにもいかないだろう ⇨ We can’t just leave it like that
- 彼女の滑らかな歌声 ⇨ Her smooth singing voice
- 年をとると体の無理が利かない ⇨ When you get old your body won’t work overloaded, overtime
- このポストイットは付かない ⇨ This Post-it doesn’t stick
- 彼は服に塗料が付かないように注意した ⇨ He paid attention so that the paint won’t get on his clothes
- 気持ちの切り替えがつかなかった ⇨ I wasn’t able to compartmentalize and switch my focus
- 議論のケリがいつまでたっても付かない ⇨ The argument has had no conclusion
- 大変なのは分かってるんですけど、何とかなりませんか？ ⇨ I know it’s very difficult, but could you somehow make it work?
- あれはかなり前のことだ ⇨ That was a while ago