くい

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
悔い 悔 (dated)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) くい [kúꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) くい [kùíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟i]

Noun

くい • (kui) ^{←くい (kui)?}

1. regret

   Synonyms: 悔やみ (kuyami), 後悔 (kōkai)

   悔(く)いを残(のこ)さないように

   kui o nokosanai yō ni

   in such a way that there are no regrets

   我(わ)が人(じん)生(せい)に悔(く)いなし

   waga jinsei ni kui nashi

   there are no regrets in the life I've lived

Verb

くい • (kui) ^{←くい (kui)?}

1. imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of くいる (kuiru) [ichidan]

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
食い

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) くい [kùíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟i]

Noun

くい • (kui) ^{←くひ (kufi)?}

1. (informal) eating, grubbing up
2. (fishing) bite

Derived terms

• 竈食(へぐ)い (hegui)
• 居食(いぐ)い (igui)

Verb

くい • (kui) ^{←くひ (kufi)?}

1. stem or continuative form of くう (kuu) [godan]

Etymology 3

Alternative spellings
杭 杙 株

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Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) くい [kúꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟i]

Noun

くい • (kui) ^{←くひ (kufi)?}

1. stake, pile, post

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of くい – see the following entry.

【句意】 [noun] meaning of a phrase [noun] meaning of a haiku

(This term, くい (kui), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as くい, see Category:Japanese kanji read as くい.)

Miyako

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kui/

Pronoun

くい (kui) 

1. this

References

• “クイ” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Miyako Dialect Dictionary.