► 終助詞
け [け] [っけ] [coll] [casual] meaning: question rank: 2
☆ そうだったっけ？ ⇨ Was that really so? (☛ A verb in past tense + sokuon (っ) + け. Ask about something you’d known but forgot)
☆ 入り口の暗証番号は何だったっけ？ ⇨ What was the passcode for the entrance? (☛ A verb in past tense + sokuon (っ) + け. Ask about something you’d known but forgot)
☆ 確定申告の締切は何時でしたっけ？ ⇨ When is the deadline for tax return? (☛ A verb in past tense + sokuon (っ) + け. Ask about something you’d known but forgot)
け [け] [っけ] [coll] [casual] meaning: used to rank: 3
☆ 子供の頃よくあの店に行ってお菓子を買ったっけ ⇨ When I was a kid I used to go to that store to buy snacks (☛ A verb in past tense + sokuon (っ) + け)
► 成句
毛 [け] [毛が生えた] meaning: mediocre rank: 4
☆ 彼の技は素人に毛が生えた程度だ ⇨ His skills are those of amateur with hair, a little better than amateurs at best
► 名詞
毛 [け] meaning: hair rank: 1
☆ 彼女の服に犬の毛が沢山ついている ⇨ She’s got a lot of dog hair on her clothes
☆ 彼女は巻き毛をしている ⇨ She has curly hair
☆ 彼女は足の毛を剃っている ⇨ She is shaving her leg hair
毛 [け] [髪の毛] meaning: hair rank: 1
☆ 彼は髪の毛が多い ⇨ He has a lot of head hair
気 [け] meaning: characteristic rank: 3
☆ 彼は喘息の気がある ⇨ He has mild symptoms of asthma
☆ 彼女にはマゾの気がある ⇨ She has a masochistic tendency (☛ About people)
► 接尾辞
家 [け] meaning: family rank: 2
☆ 天皇家の家系図 ⇨ The family tree of the royal family
☆ 山田家の一日 ⇨ A typical day of Yamada family, household
気 [け] meaning: characteristic rank: 3
☆ 彼女にはマゾ気がある ⇨ She has a masochistic tendency (☛ About people)
More examples:
- 五掛ける四は二十 ⇨ 5 times 4 is 20
- 彼は髪を撫で付けている ⇨ He has his hair slicked back
- 彼は事ある毎に文句を付ける ⇨ He complains every single time something happens
- おい、退け！ ⇨ Hey, get out of the way!
- 彼等はトヨタの部品組立の下請けをしている ⇨ They subcontract parts assembly for Toyota
- お母さんに心配を掛けるな ⇨ Don’t make your mother worried
- およそ一万人の人達が影響を受けた ⇨ About 10,000 people were affected
- 何か付け加える事はありますか？ ⇨ Is there anything you’d like to add (to the conversation)?
- 私はその本は拾い読みしただけだ ⇨ I have just read bits and pieces of that book
- 悲しみで胸が張り裂けそうになった ⇨ My heart felt like torn apart by the grief
- 上司に仕事のやり方について注意を受けた ⇨ I received criticism from my boss on the way I do my work
- 私はあの手の人は生理的に受け付けられない ⇨ I physiologically cannot accept, I just can’t stand, that kind of person
- 彼は仕事の最中に悲報を受け取った ⇨ He received sad news (about someone’s death) while at work
- 彼は急に飛び出した人を避け切れなかった ⇨ He wasn’t able to avoid the person who jumped out in front of him
- 理解せず丸暗記しただけの知識は役に立たない ⇨ The knowledge you just memorized without understanding is useless