"さい" meaning in Japanese

See さい in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: [sa̠i] Forms: sai [romanization], さい [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Shift from 左(さ)様(よう) (sayō). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|左%様|さ%よう}} 左(さ)様(よう) (sayō) Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb|hhira=さい}} さい • (sai) ^(←さい (sai)?)
  1. (dialect) so; such Tags: dialectal Synonyms: そう
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

soft-redirect

  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-さい-ja-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8

Alternative forms

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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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              15
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          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
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            ],
            [
              6,
              8
            ]
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          "text": "そうですか",
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        "so; such"
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          "such"
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        "(dialect) so; such"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "そう"
        }
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[sa̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "さい"
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  "pos": "soft-redirect",
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    "債",
    "再",
    "妻",
    "差異",
    "差違",
    "才",
    "最",
    "歳",
    "災",
    "犀",
    "裁",
    "賽",
    "采",
    "際",
    "斎"
  ],
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      ]
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  ],
  "word": "さい"
}
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    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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      "args": {
        "1": "左%様",
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      },
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      "name": "ja-r"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "Shift from 左(さ)様(よう) (sayō).",
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    },
    {
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        "hiragana",
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      ]
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  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "さい • (sai) ^(←さい (sai)?)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
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        "Japanese usage examples with omitted translation",
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          ],
          "roman": "Sai desu ka/sai dekka?",
          "text": "さいですか/さいでっか?",
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        "so; such"
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    }
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  "word": "さい"
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    "再",
    "妻",
    "差異",
    "差違",
    "才",
    "最",
    "歳",
    "災",
    "犀",
    "裁",
    "賽",
    "采",
    "際",
    "斎"
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "さい"
}

Download raw JSONL data for さい meaning in Japanese (1.8kB)

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  "msg": "HTML tag <span> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "さい"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adverb",
  "title": "さい",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}

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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "さい"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adverb",
  "title": "さい",
  "trace": ""
}

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