"きゃ" meaning in 日本語

See きゃ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Contraction

  1. (形容詞の語幹のあとに置く)「ければ」の縮約。
    Sense id: ja-きゃ-ja-contraction-Q5gdSiVP
  2. (カ行五段動詞の語幹のあとに置く)「きは」「きや」「けば」の縮約。
    Sense id: ja-きゃ-ja-contraction-LcGDepUx
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): 日本語 縮約形

Interjection

  1. 女性や子どもなどが驚いたときなどに発する語。きゃあ、きゃー。
    Sense id: ja-きゃ-ja-intj-cRvQ5vLn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): 日本語, 日本語 感動詞
{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語 縮約形",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "日本語",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "contraction",
  "pos_title": "縮約形",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "(久生十蘭「キャラコさん 海の刷画」)",
          "text": "眼玉やーい、河童の子。口惜しきゃ、ここまであがって来い"
        },
        {
          "ref": "(宮本百合子「日は輝けり」)",
          "text": "せっかくでございますから、十円で宜しきゃ頂いときましょう。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(形容詞の語幹のあとに置く)「ければ」の縮約。"
      ],
      "id": "ja-きゃ-ja-contraction-Q5gdSiVP"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "(野村胡堂「銭形平次捕物控 七人の花嫁」)",
          "text": "人の話なんか聞きゃしませんよ、そんなさもしい八さんじゃねえ"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              25,
              27
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "(夏目漱石「吾輩は猫である」)",
          "text": "ところが御めえいざってえ段になると奴め最後っ屁をこきゃがった。"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "(坂口安吾「退歩主義者」)",
          "text": "上野の地下道へ行きゃ、なんとかならアな、退歩しろよ"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(カ行五段動詞の語幹のあとに置く)「きは」「きや」「けば」の縮約。"
      ],
      "id": "ja-きゃ-ja-contraction-LcGDepUx"
    }
  ],
  "word": "きゃ"
}

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語 感動詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "日本語",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "intj",
  "pos_title": "感動詞",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "女性や子どもなどが驚いたときなどに発する語。きゃあ、きゃー。"
      ],
      "id": "ja-きゃ-ja-intj-cRvQ5vLn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "きゃ"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "日本語 縮約形"
  ],
  "lang": "日本語",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "contraction",
  "pos_title": "縮約形",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "(久生十蘭「キャラコさん 海の刷画」)",
          "text": "眼玉やーい、河童の子。口惜しきゃ、ここまであがって来い"
        },
        {
          "ref": "(宮本百合子「日は輝けり」)",
          "text": "せっかくでございますから、十円で宜しきゃ頂いときましょう。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(形容詞の語幹のあとに置く)「ければ」の縮約。"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "(野村胡堂「銭形平次捕物控 七人の花嫁」)",
          "text": "人の話なんか聞きゃしませんよ、そんなさもしい八さんじゃねえ"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              25,
              27
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "(夏目漱石「吾輩は猫である」)",
          "text": "ところが御めえいざってえ段になると奴め最後っ屁をこきゃがった。"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "(坂口安吾「退歩主義者」)",
          "text": "上野の地下道へ行きゃ、なんとかならアな、退歩しろよ"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(カ行五段動詞の語幹のあとに置く)「きは」「きや」「けば」の縮約。"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "きゃ"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "日本語",
    "日本語 感動詞"
  ],
  "lang": "日本語",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "intj",
  "pos_title": "感動詞",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "女性や子どもなどが驚いたときなどに発する語。きゃあ、きゃー。"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "きゃ"
}

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