► 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:
- 覚えておけ！ ⇨ Remember this! Don’t forget this!
- それは数に入れてはいけない ⇨ You shouldn’t include that in the count
- 一家で旅行に出かけた ⇨ We the entire family had a trip
- 今取り立ててやらなくてはいけない事は無い ⇨ I don’t have anything special I have to do right now
- うちのラーメンは誰にも負けないと自負しています ⇨ I am confident that our ramens are second to none
- 彼は株で儲けた ⇨ He’s made money with stocks
- やかんがコンロに掛けたままになっている ⇨ The teakettle is left on the stovetop (getting heated)
- 検索の条件を狭めないといけない ⇨ I need to narrow the search conditions
- 一部の人達だけが恩恵を受ける制度 ⇨ The system the only limited people will benefit from
- 彼は助けを頑なに断り続けている ⇨ He has been stubbornly refusing to accept other’s help
- 人様に迷惑を掛けるんじゃない ⇨ Do not cause trouble for other people
- 彼は見かけは良いけど中身が無い ⇨ He looks good but has no substance
- 容疑者は警察の取り調べに対して黙秘を続けている ⇨ The suspect has been refusing to respond to the police questionings
- この百年で女性の社会に於ける位置付けは大きく変わった ⇨ The position of women in the society has changed significantly in the last hundred years
- 彼の金銭感覚にはついていけない ⇨ I cannot keep up with his ideas of (how to spend) money