"えい" meaning in Japanese

See えい in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [e̞ː] Forms: ei [romanization], えく [adverbial]
Etymology: (The following entry does not have a page created for it yet: 穎.) Etymology templates: {{ja-see-kango|泳|英|栄|永|営|衛|映|纓|影|鋭|詠|曳|叡|洩|盈|裔|穎|嬰|翳}} (The following entry does not have a page created for it yet: 穎.) Head templates: {{ja-adj|infl=i}} えい • (ei) -i (adverbial えく (eku))
  1. 良い: (obsolete) good
    Sense id: en-えい-ja-adj-jCavvtwa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Interjection

IPA: [e̞ː] Forms: ei [romanization]
Etymology: (The following entry does not have a page created for it yet: 穎.) Etymology templates: {{ja-see-kango|泳|英|栄|永|営|衛|映|纓|影|鋭|詠|曳|叡|洩|盈|裔|穎|嬰|翳}} (The following entry does not have a page created for it yet: 穎.) Head templates: {{ja-pos|interjection}} えい • (ei)
  1. Used in situations requiring decisive, sudden force, such as throwing. oof
    Sense id: en-えい-ja-intj-yI8O6P-a
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [e̞ː] Forms: ei [romanization]
Etymology: (The following entry does not have a page created for it yet: 穎.) Etymology templates: {{ja-see-kango|泳|英|栄|永|営|衛|映|纓|影|鋭|詠|曳|叡|洩|盈|裔|穎|嬰|翳}} (The following entry does not have a page created for it yet: 穎.) Head templates: {{ja-noun}} えい • (ei)
  1. 鱝, 鱏: ray, a kind of cartilaginous fish.
    Sense id: en-えい-ja-noun-MxW5KCFG Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 6 14 79 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 33 26 42 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 12 23 65 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 10 14 75 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 10 17 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 6 91 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 14 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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