がい

See also: かい

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of がい – see the following entries.
【甲斐】
[suffix] value, reward, avail, being fruitful or worth doing
【外】2
[suffix] outside; external
[suffix] except for
【害】4
[noun] injury, harm, damage
【街】4
[suffix] town, district, area
【崖】S
[affix] [from 900] cliff
Alternative spelling
崕
【垓】H
[numeral] [since the 17th century] 1020, (short scale) one hundred quintillion, (long scale) one hundred trillion
【我意】
[noun] self-willedness; obstinacy
【画意】
[noun] meaning of a painting
【買い】
[suffix] purchase of, acquisition of
(This term, がい (gai), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as がい, see Category:Japanese kanji read as がい.

(The following entries do not have a page created for them yet: 劾, 涯, 慨, 蓋, 該, 概, 骸, 賀意, 雅意.)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡa̠i]

Particle

がい • (gai) 

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    「そうはならんやろ！」「なっとるやろがい！」
    “Sō wa naran yaro!”“Nattoru yaro gai!”
    (Internet meme) "That's not how it works!" "But it's clearly happened!"
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