"甲斐" meaning in Japanese

See 甲斐 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [ka̠i] Forms: 甲斐 [canonical] (ruby: 甲斐(かい)), Kai [romanization], Kafi [romanization], かひ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. First attested in the Man'yōshū of 759. Derived from the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 代(か)う (kau, “to exchange or replace one thing with another”), with the basic sense being "that which should be the result / outcome / replacement". Etymology templates: {{etymid|ja|kai}}, {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=かい}} Old Japanese, {{ja-r|連%用%形|れん%よう%けい|stem or continuative form|rom=ren'yōkei}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”), {{ja-r|代う|かう|to exchange or replace one thing with another|pos=}} 代(か)う (kau, “to exchange or replace one thing with another”), {{ja-etym-renyokei|代う|かう|to exchange or replace one thing with another|nodot=1}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 代(か)う (kau, “to exchange or replace one thing with another”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|かい|hhira=かひ}} 甲斐(かい) • (Kai) ^(←かひ (Kafi)?)
  1. 甲斐: Kai (a city in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan) Categories (place): Cities in Japan, Cities in Yamanashi Prefecture, Places in Japan, Places in Yamanashi Prefecture
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  2. 甲斐: Kai Province, an old province of Japan Categories (place): Provinces of Japan
    Sense id: en-甲斐-ja-name-MOB0x7EB Disambiguation of Provinces of Japan: 16 51 6 21 3 2 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with rendaku Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 20 12 21 20 7 14 4 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 13 25 21 4 9 3 1 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 33 30 7 21 5 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with rendaku: 32 28 6 28 2 2
  3. 甲斐: a surname
    Sense id: en-甲斐-ja-name-m7FuFp-f Categories (other): Japanese surnames, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys
  4. 甲斐: a male given name Categories (topical): Japanese given names, Japanese male given names
    Sense id: en-甲斐-ja-name-qr~nK-Il Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with rendaku Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 20 12 21 20 7 14 4 2 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 10 11 14 55 6 4 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 33 30 7 21 5 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with rendaku: 32 28 6 28 2 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 甲州 (Kōshū) (ruby: 甲州(こうしゅう))
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ka̠i] Forms: 甲斐 [canonical] (ruby: 甲斐(かい)), kai [romanization], kafi [romanization], かひ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. First attested in the Man'yōshū of 759. Derived from the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 代(か)う (kau, “to exchange or replace one thing with another”), with the basic sense being "that which should be the result / outcome / replacement". Etymology templates: {{etymid|ja|kai}}, {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=かい}} Old Japanese, {{ja-r|連%用%形|れん%よう%けい|stem or continuative form|rom=ren'yōkei}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”), {{ja-r|代う|かう|to exchange or replace one thing with another|pos=}} 代(か)う (kau, “to exchange or replace one thing with another”), {{ja-etym-renyokei|代う|かう|to exchange or replace one thing with another|nodot=1}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 代(か)う (kau, “to exchange or replace one thing with another”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|かい|hhira=かひ}} 甲斐(かい) • (kai) ^(←かひ (kafi)?)
  1. value, reward, avail, being fruitful or worth doing Derived forms: 不甲斐ない (fugainai)
    Sense id: en-甲斐-ja-noun--u~ld8Ol
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

IPA: [ɡa̠i] Forms: 甲斐 [canonical] (ruby: 甲斐(がい)), -gai [romanization], -gafi [romanization], がひ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Shift from 甲斐 (kai). The kai changes to gai as an instance of rendaku (連濁). First attested in a text from 1797. Etymology templates: {{etymid|ja|gai}}, {{sortkey|ja|甲斐}} かい, {{rendaku2|kai|gai}} The kai changes to gai as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Head templates: {{ja-pos|suffix|がい|hhira=がひ}} 甲斐(がい) • (-gai) ^(←がひ (-gafi)?)
  1. value, reward, avail, being fruitful or worth doing Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-甲斐-ja-suffix--u~ld8Ol
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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              "送",
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      "ipa": "[ɡa̠i]"
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    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten"
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      "other": "かい"
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      "roman": "Kōshū",
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          "甲州",
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    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten"
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}

Download raw JSONL data for 甲斐 meaning in Japanese (8.8kB)

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