気合

See also: 氣合 and 气合

Japanese
Kanji in this term
気 合
き
Grade: 1		 あい
Grade: 2
kan’on kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
氣合 (kyūjitai)
気合い

Pronunciation

Noun

気(き)合(あい) • (kiai) 

  1. fighting spirit, spirit, motivation
    気合(きあい)入(い)れすぎ。
    Kiai iresugi.
    You're putting too much into it.
  2. shout, yell
  3. kiai (the short yell or shout uttered when performing an attacking move in martial arts)

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → English: kiai
  • → Indonesian: kiai

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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