くい

Japanese

Etymology 1
Alternative spellings
悔い
悔 (dated)

Pronunciation

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])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kɯ̟ᵝi]

Noun

くい • (kui) ←くひ (kufi)?

  1. (informal) eating, grubbing up
  2. (fishing) bite
Derived terms
  • 竈食(へぐ)い (hegui)

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

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, is an alternative spelling of the above Sino-Japanese term.)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Miyako

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /kui/

Pronoun

くい (romaji kui)

  1. this

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