"可い" meaning in Japanese

See 可い in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: Regular shift from Classical Japanese ク活用(かつよう) (ku-katsuyō) adjective 可(べ)し (beshi) to modern -i adjective. Etymology templates: {{ja-r|ク活用|く-かつよう}} ク活用(かつよう) (ku-katsuyō), {{ja-r|可し|べし}} 可(べ)し (beshi) Head templates: {{ja-adj|べい|infl=i}} 可(べ)い • (bei) -i (adverbial 可(べ)く (beku)) Forms: 可い [canonical] (ruby: ()), bei [romanization], 可く [adverbial] (ruby: ()), no-table-tags [table-tags], 可い [stem, terminative], べい [stem, terminative], bei [terminative], 可い [attributive, stem], べい [attributive, stem], bei [attributive]
  1. (dialectal Kanto, Tōhoku, Hokkaidō, archaic) should; must Tags: Kanto, archaic, dialectal
    Sense id: en-可い-ja-adj-lyyeFVcE Categories (other): Hokkaidō Japanese, Tōhoku Japanese, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 66 34 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 69 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Particle

Forms: 可い [canonical] (ruby: ()), bei [romanization]
Etymology: Regular shift from Classical Japanese ク活用(かつよう) (ku-katsuyō) adjective 可(べ)し (beshi) to modern -i adjective. Etymology templates: {{ja-r|ク活用|く-かつよう}} ク活用(かつよう) (ku-katsuyō), {{ja-r|可し|べし}} 可(べ)し (beshi) Head templates: {{ja-pos|particle|べい}} 可(べ)い • (bei)
  1. (dialectal Kanto, Tōhoku, Hokkaidō) sentence-ending particle indicating volition or supposition Tags: Kanto, dialectal Derived forms: (english: be)
    Sense id: en-可い-ja-particle-qrRr6c74 Categories (other): Hokkaidō Japanese, Tōhoku Japanese, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese particles, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with raw triple-brace template parameters Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 44 56 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 39 61 Disambiguation of Japanese particles: 16 84 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 39 61 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with raw triple-brace template parameters: 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

soft-redirect

  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-可い-ja-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8
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      "roman": "beku",
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          "可",
          "べ"
        ]
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        "adverbial"
      ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可い",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "べい",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bei",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "terminative"
      ]
    },
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        "should; must"
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          "should",
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "良い"
  ],
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    "Japanese particles",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fifth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
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          "可",
          "べ"
        ]
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "table-tags"
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    },
    {
      "form": "l",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可い",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
      "form": "べい",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bei",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可い",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
    {
      "form": "べい",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "bei",
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  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "良い"
  ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "可い"
}

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