くい

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
悔い悔 (dated)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) くい (Atamadaka – )^[1]
(Tokyo) くい (Odaka – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

くい • (kui) ^{←くい (kui)^?}

regret
Synonyms: 悔やみ (kuyami), 後悔 (kōkai)

悔(く)いを残(のこ)さないように
kui o nokosanai yō ni
in such a way that there are no regrets

我(わ)が人(じん)生(せい)に悔(く)いなし
waga jinsei ni kui nashi
there are no regrets in the life I've lived

Verb

くい • (kui) ^{←くい (kui)^?}

imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of くいる (kuiru)

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
食い

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) くい (Odaka – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

くい • (kui) ^{←くひ (kufi)^?}

(informal) eating, grubbing up
(fishing) bite

Derived terms

竈食(へぐ)い (hegui)
居食(いぐ)い (igui)

Verb

くい • (kui) ^{←くひ (kufi)^?}

stem or continuative form of くう (kuu)

Etymology 3

Alternative spellings
杭杙株

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) くい (Atamadaka – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

くい • (kui) ^{←くひ (kufi)^?}

stake, pile, post

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of くい – see the following entry.

【句意】	meaning of a phrase meaning of a haiku

(This term, くい (kui), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as くい, see Category:Japanese kanji read as くい.)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Miyako

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kui/

Pronoun

くい (kui)

this

References

“クイ” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Miyako Dialect Dictionary.

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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くい

Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Verb

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Verb

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

Etymology 4

References

Miyako

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