"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

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for さい meaning in Japanese (2.0kB)

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        "(dialect) so; such"
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    "際",
    "賽",
    "采",
    "妻",
    "最",
    "再",
    "歳",
    "債",
    "裁",
    "差異",
    "差違"
  ],
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}
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  "title": "さい",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (93a6c53 and 21a9316). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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