さい

See also: ざい

Japanese

Etymology 1

Shift from 左(さ)様(よう) (sayō).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [sa̠i]

Adverb

さい • (sai) ←さい (sai)?

  1. (dialect) so; such
    Synonym: (standard Japanese) そう (sō)
    さいですか／さいでっか？
    Sai desu ka／sai dekka?
    is that so?
    そうですか (standard Japanese)

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of さい – see the following entries.
【犀】J
[noun] a rhinoceros
Alternative spelling
サイ
【才】2
[noun] ability, talent, aptitude
[noun] alternative form of the volumetric unit 抄(しょう) (shō)
【際】5
[noun] time; occasion
【采】S
[noun] a die, dice
【妻】5
[noun] my wife
【最】4
[proper noun] a female given name
[prefix] most, greatest
【再】5
[prefix] re-, again, repeated
【歳】S
[suffix] [from early 800s] -year-old
Alternative spellings
才, サイ
【債】S
[noun] loan, debt
【差異】
[noun] difference
(This term, さい, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as さい, see Category:Japanese kanji read as さい.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 賽, 裁, 差違.)

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