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たい

Reading

Kana: たい
Romaji: tai
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

1

want to ... do something; would like to ...

Note: after the -masu stem of a verb
prt
2

indicates emphasis

(Kyuushuu-ben)
Note: at sentence-end
suf
3

very ...

Note: after a noun or the -masu stem of a verb; also ったい
See also: めでたい

Example Sentences

(なに)がしたい?
➥What do you want to do?
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(ゆめ)みたいだ。
➥It's like a dream come true.
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()きたいわ?
➥Want to know?
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(つめ)たいなあ。
➥That's a bit cold.
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(ぼく)()たい。
➥I want to sleep.
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(いえ)にいたい。
➥I would rather stay at home.
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だい

Reading

Kana: だい
Romaji: dai
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

prt
1

marks wh-question (what, where, who)

Note: familiar language
2

strengthens one's judgment or conclusion

Note: children's language

Example Sentences

(だい)賛成(さんせい)です。
➥I'm all for it.
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(だい)か、(しょう)か。
➥Large or small?
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大学生(だいがくせい)ですか。
➥Are you a college student?
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大学生(だいがくせい)です。
➥I am a university student.
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(かれ)(だい)富豪(ふごう)だ。
➥He is a man of great wealth.
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宿題(しゅくだい)手伝(てつだ)って。
➥Help me with my homework.
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タイ

Reading

Kana: タイ
Romaji: tai
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

tie

Example Sentences

ちょっとタイム。
➥I'll take a time-out.
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彼女(かのじょ)(わたし)のタイプだ。
➥She's my type.
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需要(じゅよう)関係(かんけい)がタイトだ。
➥The supply-demand balance is tight.
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(かれ)って(わたし)のタイプ!
➥He is my type!
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(かれ)はスタイルがいい。
➥He has a nice build.
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タイヤがパンクした。
➥I got a flat tire.
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他意

Reading

Kana: たい
Romaji: tai
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

ill will; malice; another intention; secret purpose; ulterior motive; fickleness; double-mindedness

Kanji

Readings: タ、 ほか
Meanings: other, another, the others
Reading: 
Meanings: idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking

Reading

Kana: たい
Romaji: tai
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

1

body; physique; posture

2

shape; form; style

3

substance; identity; reality

4

field

(Mathematics)
ctr
5

counter for humanoid forms (e.g. dolls, statues, corpses, etc.)

6

typeface; type

Kanji

Readings: タイ、 テイ、 からだ、 かたち
Meanings: body, substance, object, reality, counter for images

Example Sentences

(からだ)(わる)い。
➥It's not healthy for you.
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大体(だいたい)(ただ)しい。
➥That's mostly right.
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体中(からだちゅう)(いた)い。
➥I ache all over.
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(きん)より(からだ)
➥Health is better than wealth.
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体中(からだちゅう)(いた)む。
➥I ache all over.
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体力(たいりょく)()きた。
➥I am exhausted.
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Reading

Kana: たい
Romaji: tai
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

1

opposite; opposition

2

versus; vs.; v.

3

to (e.g. "winning a game five to three")

4

equal footing; equal terms

5

against ...; anti-; toward ...; to ...

Kanji

Readings: タイ、 ツイ、 あいて、 こた.える、 そろ.い、 つれあ.い、 なら.ぶ、 むか.う
Meanings: vis-a-vis, opposite, even, equal, versus, anti-, compare

Example Sentences

絶対(ぜったい)だよ!
➥I'm absolutely sure!
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反対(はんたい)投票(とうひょう)多数(たすう)
➥The noes have it.
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絶対(ぜったい)にダメだ。
➥Over my dead body.
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絶対(ぜったい)確実(かくじつ)だ。
➥There is no doubt.
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絶対(ぜったい)無理(むり)だね。
➥No way.
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喫煙(きつえん)絶対(ぜったい)禁止(きんし)
➥Smoking is strictly prohibited.
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Reading

Kana: たい
Romaji: tai
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)

Kanji

Readings: タイ、 お.びる、 おび
Meanings: sash, belt, obi, zone, region

Example Sentences

包帯(ほうたい)をしなさい。
➥Apply a bandage.
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(おび)(みじか)し、(たすき)(なが)し。
➥Too much spoils, too little is nothing.
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酒気(しゅき)()運転(うんてん)をするな。
➥Don't drive under the influence of alcohol.
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連帯(れんたい)責任(せきにん)無責任(むせきにん)
➥Everybody's business is nobody's business.
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携帯(けいたい)電話(でんわ)()しいな。
➥I want a cellular phone.
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火事(かじ)で4世帯(せたい)焼死(しょうし)した。
➥Four families were killed in the fire.
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Reading

Kana: たい
Romaji: tai
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

1

condition; figure; appearance

2

voice

(Linguistics terminology)
See also: ボイス

Kanji

Readings: タイ、 わざ.と
Meanings: attitude, condition, figure, appearance, voice (of verbs)

Example Sentences

事態(じたい)険悪(けんあく)だ。
➥The outlook is grim.
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(かれ)態度(たいど)粗野(そや)だ。
➥He is coarse in manner.
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緊急(きんきゅう)事態(じたい)なのです。
➥This is an emergency.
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事態(じたい)急変(きゅうへん)した。
➥There was a sudden change in the situation.
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最高(さいこう)状態(じょうたい)ですね。
➥It's in peak condition.
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その患者(かんじゃ)重態(じゅうたい)だ。
➥The patient is in critical condition.
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Readings

Kana: たい、タイ
Romaji: tai, tai
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

Thailand

Note: word usually written using kana alone

Kanji

Reading: タイ
Meanings: peaceful, calm, peace, easy, Thailand, extreme, excessive, great

Example Sentences

彼女(かのじょ)はタイに旅立(たびだ)った。
➥She set out for Thailand.
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(かれ)はその()らせにも泰然(たいぜん)としていた。
➥He heard the news calmly.
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タイのガイドブックは()にないんですか。
➥Do you have any other guidebooks about Thailand?
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タイ料理(りょうり)なんか、いかがですか。
➥How about Thai food?
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今年(ことし)タイ航空(こうくう)は50周年(しゅうねん)記念(きねん)(いわ)います。
➥Thai Air celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.
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(ちか)くにおいしいタイ料理(りょうり)のお(みせ)があるんです。
➥There's a nice Thai restaurant near here.
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Readings

Kana: たい、はら
Romaji: tai, hara
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

womb

Kanji

Reading: タイ
Meanings: womb, uterus

Example Sentences

胎動(たいどう)(はげ)しいです。
➥My baby kicks very hard.
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もう一度(いちど)(はは)()(はい)って(うま)れる(こと)出来(でき)ましょうか。
➥Surely he can not enter a second time into his mother's womb to be born!
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Reading

Kana: たい
Romaji: tai
Kana
Romaji

Definition

suf
ctr
1

counter for things inside a bag

Kanji

Readings: タイ、 ダイ、 ふくろ
Meanings: sack, bag, pouch

Example Sentences

胃袋(いぶくろ)(みみ)()たぬ。
➥The belly has no ears.
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()胃袋(いぶくろ)より(おお)きい。
➥The eye is bigger than the belly.
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手袋(てぶくろ)はよい(おく)(もの)だ。
➥A pair of gloves is a nice gift.
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犯人(はんにん)(ふくろ)(なか)(ねずみ)だ。
➥The culprit is caught like a rat in a trap.
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堪忍袋(かんにんぶくろ)(いとぐち)()れる。
➥My patience has come to the breaking point.
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(おとこ)(ふくろ)(かた)(かつ)いだ。
➥The man threw a bag across his shoulder.
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Reading

Kana: たい
Romaji: tai
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

1

party; group; crew; team; body

2

company (of troops); corps; unit; squad

Kanji

Reading: タイ
Meanings: regiment, party, company, squad

Example Sentences

部隊(ぶたい)全滅(ぜんめつ)した。
➥The troop was altogether destroyed.
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(かれ)(ぐん)名誉(めいよ)除隊(じょたい)した。
➥He received an honorable discharge from the army.
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兵隊(へいたい)(はし)見張(みは)っていた。
➥The soldiers were guarding the bridge.
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(かれ)軍隊(ぐんたい)にいる。
➥He is in service.
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軍隊(ぐんたい)反乱(はんらん)制圧(せいあつ)した。
➥The army had the revolt well in hand.
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部隊(ぶたい)陣地(じんち)(まも)(つづ)けた。
➥The troops maintained their ground.
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Readings

Kana: たい、タイ
Romaji: tai, tai
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

1

sea bream (Sparidae); porgy

Note: word usually written using kana alone
2

tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)

Kanji

Readings: チョウ、 たい
Meanings: sea bream, red snapper

Example Sentences

海老(えび)(たい)()る。
➥Throw a sprat to catch a whale.
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(にい)ちゃん、このお(さかな)本当(ほんとう)美味(おい)しいの?黒鯛(くろだい)極道(ごくどう)()ちて、全国(ぜんこく)指名(しめい)手配(てはい)されたみたいなお(さかな)だよ?
➥Hey, is this fish tasty for real? It looks like a fish that was a black porgy who'd fallen in with mobsters and been put on the countries most wanted list!?
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黒鯛(くろだい)料理(りょうり)方法(ほうほう)()()黒鯛(くろだい)(なに)といっても刺身(さしみ)一番(いちばん)おいしいです。
➥How to prepare black porgy: Sashimi, Whatever anybody says sashimi is the tastiest.
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Reading

Kana: だい
Romaji: dai
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

1

charge; cost; price

2

generation; age; reign

See also: (reading だい, entry #6)
3

era

(Geology, etc. term)
4

a representative of; on behalf of; for (someone)

Note: after someone's name or title
5

used after a phone number to indicate that it is a switchboard number

See also: 代表電話番号
ctr
6

counter for decades of ages, eras, etc.

See also: (reading だい, entry #6)
7

counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.)

8

proxy application company

Note: abbreviation
See also: 代理申請会社
9

pronoun

Note: used in dictionaries, etc.
Note: abbreviation
See also: 代名詞

Kanji

Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 か.わる、 かわ.る、 かわ.り、 か.わり、 -がわ.り、 -が.わり、 か.える、 よ、 しろ
Meanings: substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee

Example Sentences

(ちち)は50(だい)です。
➥My father is in his fifties.
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(わたし)(あね)は20(だい)だ。
➥My sister is in her twenties.
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部屋代(へやだい)はとても(たか)い。
➥The rent is very high.
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足代(あしだい)にもならない。
➥That will not make even carfare.
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バス(だい)()がった。
➥The bus fare was raised.
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彼女(かのじょ)(せき)をかわった。
➥I exchanged seats with her.
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Reading

Kana: たい
Romaji: tai
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

Taiwan

Note: abbreviation
See also: 台湾

Kanji

Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 うてな、 われ、 つかさ
Meanings: pedestal, a stand, counter for machines and vehicles

Example Sentences

(あかり)台下(だいか)(くら)し。
➥You can't see the forest for the trees.
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台所(だいどころ)にいます。
➥They are in the kitchen.
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台所(だいどころ)にあります。
➥It is in the kitchen.
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台風(たいふう)()った。
➥The typhoon is gone.
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台所(だいどころ)(ねこ)がいる。
➥There is a cat in the kitchen.
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(はは)台所(だいどころ)にいます。
➥Mother is in the kitchen.
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Reading

Kana: だい
Romaji: dai
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

1

stand; rack; table

2

support

3

belt

ctr
4

counter for machines, incl. vehicles

5

setting (e.g. in jewellery)

ctr
6

level (e.g. price level); range (e.g. after physical units); period (of time, e.g. a decade of one's life)

See also: (reading だい, entry #2) (reading だい, entry #6)

Kanji

Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 うてな、 われ、 つかさ
Meanings: pedestal, a stand, counter for machines and vehicles

Example Sentences

(あかり)台下(だいか)(くら)し。
➥You can't see the forest for the trees.
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台所(だいどころ)にいます。
➥They are in the kitchen.
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台所(だいどころ)にあります。
➥It is in the kitchen.
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台風(たいふう)()った。
➥The typhoon is gone.
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台所(だいどころ)(ねこ)がいる。
➥There is a cat in the kitchen.
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(はは)台所(だいどころ)にいます。
➥Mother is in the kitchen.
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Reading

Kana: だい
Romaji: dai
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

1

the large part of

2

big; large; great

suf
3

approximate size; no larger than

4

-university

Note: abbreviation
See also: 大学
5

large (e.g. serving size); loud (e.g. volume setting)

Kanji

Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
Meanings: large, big

Example Sentences

油断大敵(ゆだんたいてき)
➥Security is the greatest enemy.
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大学生(だいがくせい)です。
➥I am a university student.
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大好(だいす)きだよ!
➥I love you.
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(だい)(よろこ)びだ。
➥He's tickled pink.
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(だい)か、(しょう)か。
➥Large or small?
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(かれ)大物(おおもの)だ。
➥He is a big shot.
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Reading

Kana: だい
Romaji: dai
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

ordinal

Kanji

Readings: ダイ、 テイ
Meanings: No., residence

Example Sentences

(きみ)次第(しだい)だよ。
➥It's up to you.
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()にち次第(しだい)よ。
➥It really depends on when.
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結婚(けっこん)(うん)次第(しだい)
➥Marriage is a lottery.
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落第(らくだい)しちゃう!
➥I will be a repeater!
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健康(けんこう)(だい)(いち)だ。
➥Nothing is more important than health.
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(だい)()()もう。
➥Let's read Lesson 3.
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Reading

Kana: だい
Romaji: dai
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

1

title; subject; theme; topic

2

problem (on a test); question

ctr
3

counter for questions (on a test)

Kanji

Reading: ダイ
Meanings: topic, subject

Example Sentences

問題(もんだい)でも?
➥What's the matter?
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問題(もんだい)だなあ。
➥It's a problem.
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(かれ)問題外(もんだいがい)だ。
➥He was ruled out.
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問題(もんだい)ないよ。
➥No problem!
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本題(ほんだい)(にゅう)ろう。
➥Let's get down to business.
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宿題(しゅくだい)(いそが)しい。
➥I'm busy with my homework.
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