い

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い U+3044, い
HIRAGANA LETTER I
← ぃ
[U+3043] 		HiraganaCategory:Hiragana block#*0000012356 ぅ →
[U+3045]
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Japanese

Stroke order
2 strokes

Etymology 1

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 以 in the cursive sōsho style.

Pronunciation

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Syllable

い • (iCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#いCategory:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#い) Category:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese syllables#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#いCategory:Pages with entries#いCategory:Pages with 2 entries#い

  1. The hiragana syllable い (i). Its equivalent in katakana is イ (i). It is the second syllable in the gojūon order; its position is あ行い段 (a-gyō i-dan, “row a, section i”).
See also

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
え (dated)

Corruption of emphatic particle よ (yo)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#い or exclamatory particle や (ya)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#い.[1]

Particle

い • (iCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#いCategory:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#い) Category:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese particles#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#いCategory:Pages with entries#いCategory:Pages with 2 entries#い

  1. Used in compounds with certain sentence-ending particles to create a familiar effect.
    だ (da)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#い → だい (dai)Category:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#いCategory:Japanese links with redundant target parameters#い
    か (ka)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#い → かい (kai)Category:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#いCategory:Japanese links with redundant target parameters#い
  2. Used in compounds with certain sentence-ending particles to create an exclamatory effect.
    わ (wa)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#い → わい (wai)Category:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#いCategory:Japanese links with redundant target parameters#い
    ぞ (zo)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#い → ぞい (zoi)Category:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#いCategory:Japanese links with redundant target parameters#い
    や (ya)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#い → やい (yai)Category:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#いCategory:Japanese links with redundant target parameters#い
  3. Used after verbs to create an exclamatory effect.
    勝(かっ)手(て)にしろい！
    Katte ni shiroi!
    Have it your way!
    Category:Japanese terms with usage examples#いCategory:Japanese terms with usage examples#い

Etymology 3

From Old JapaneseCategory:Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese#いCategory:Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese#い. Possibly cognate with Korean nominal particle 이 (i).

Used in Old Japanese, still found in use in Chinese works annotated for Japanese readers of Early Middle Japanese in the early Heian period, then becoming more limited and appearing only in specialized Buddhist texts. Fallen into disuse by the late Heian period from the time of so-called “cloistered rule”.[2][3]

Obsolete. Not used in modern Japanese.

Particle

い • (iCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#いCategory:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#い) Category:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese particles#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#いCategory:Pages with entries#いCategory:Pages with 2 entries#い

  1. (obsoleteCategory:Japanese terms with obsolete senses#い) emphatic subject marker, added to nouns and verb stems
  2. (obsoleteCategory:Japanese terms with obsolete senses#い) emphatic phrase-final particle, emphasizing preceding phrase
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 3, poem 481:
      白細之 袖指可倍弖 靡寢 吾黒髪乃 真白髪尓 成極新世尓 共将有跡 玉緒乃 不絶射妹跡 結而石 事者不果 [...]
      Shirotae no sode sashikaete nabikineshi waga kurokami no mashiraga ni naran kiwami aratayo ni tomoni aranto tamanoo no taejii imo to musubiteshi koto wa hatarazu […]
      Till my black hair be white, We shall be together, I and my darling, Sleeping, our sleeves overlapped, She nestling by my side, Bound in never-ending love, Through this new age of our Sovereign; So I vowed, but my word proved false, My hopes were vain. […]
      Category:Old Japanese terms with quotations#い
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 7, poem 1359:
      向岳之 若楓木 下杖取 花待伊間尓 嘆鶴鴨
      Makatsuwo no wakakatsuranoki shitsuetori hanamatsuimani nagekitsurukamo
      Lower branches of a young katsura standing on the opposite peak. It is that I remove them and wait for the flowers to bloom, but throughout this time I feel frustrated and let out a sigh.
      Category:Old Japanese terms with quotations#い
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 10, poem 1851:
      青柳之 糸乃細紗 春風尓 不乱伊間尓 令視子裳欲得
      Awoyagi no itonokuhashisa harukazeni midarenuimani misemukomogamo
      The beautiful sight of fine willow branches hanging verdantly. I wish I had a girlfriend to show it to together with me at that time when it is never disturbed by the spring breeze.
      Category:Old Japanese terms with quotations#い
Derived terms

Etymology 4

An extension of use of the -i ending on adjectives.

Suffix

い • (-iCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#いCategory:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#い) -i (adverbial く (-ku)Category:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#いCategory:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#いCategory:Japanese links with manual fragments#い)Category:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese suffixes#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#いCategory:Pages with entries#いCategory:Pages with 2 entries#い

  1. (informalCategory:Japanese informal terms#い) suffix forming adjectives: -ic; -al
    チャラチャラ (charachara, “onomatopoeia for jingling”)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#い → チャラい (charai, “flashy”)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#い
Inflection

Etymology 5

For pronunciation and definitions of い – see the following entries.
【以】4 Category:Japanese prefixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese prefixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[prefix] from (this reference point) and (more)
[prefix] by, with, by means of
【伊】J Category:Japanese proper nouns#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[proper noun] short for イタリア (Italia, “Italy”)
[affix] short for 伊太利 (Italia, “Italy”)
[affix] short for 伊賀 (Iga, “Iga”)
【位】4 Category:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese counters#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese counters#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese counters#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[affix] rank, place
[counter] rank, place
[counter] decimal place
[counter] ghosts
【依】S Category:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[affix] rely on; depend on
[affix] according to
[affix] as before
【偉】S Category:Japanese nouns#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese adjectives#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[noun] (literary) greatness
[adjective] (literary) great
[affix] great, excellent, magnificent, extraordinary
【匜】H Category:Japanese nouns#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[noun] (historical) yi (a kind of bronze gourd-shaped vessel for holding water)
【医】3 Category:Japanese nouns#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[noun] doctor; physician; medicine
[affix] doctor
[affix] medicine, the healing arts
【唯】S Category:Japanese interjections#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[interjection] polite particle used to respond to elders: yes
[affix] polite particle used to respond to elders: yes
【囲】5 Category:Japanese counters#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[counter] counter for the amount that can be encircled in one's arms, used as a rough measurement of circumference (roughly 1.5 meters)
[affix] surround; encircle; enclosure
[affix] circumference
【夷】J Category:Japanese nouns#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese nouns#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese nouns#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[noun] those people with differing languages and/or cultures
[noun] a barbarian, savage; uncivilized people (living to the east of ancient Imperial China; included Japan)
[noun] a neutral (position)
【委】3 Category:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[affix] entrust; leave to
[affix] cast aside; abandon
[affix] detailed
[affix] short for 委員会 (iinkai, “committee”)
【姨】H Category:Japanese nouns#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese nouns#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese nouns#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[noun] a wife's sister; more specifically, a wife's younger sister
[noun] a mother's sister, a maternal aunt
[noun] a mistress (extramarital female lover); more specifically, a father's mistress
【威】S Category:Japanese nouns#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[noun] power; might; strength; authority
[affix] power; might; strength; authority; dignity; majesty
【尉】S Category:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[affix] a watchman or military officer in the ancient Chinese military
[affix] A military rank.
【已】J Category:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[affix] already
[affix] alternative form of 以 (i)
【帷】H Category:Japanese nouns#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[noun] a curtain or hanging that covers all sides
[affix] hanging; curtain
【彙】S Category:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[affix] to sort and collect; collection, compilation, group
【彝】H Category:Japanese nouns#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese nouns#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese proper nouns#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[noun] in ancient China, a tripod kettle or other vessel used to make offerings to one's ancestors
[noun] (by extension) cardinal principle
[proper noun] Yi (ethnic group)
【怡】H Category:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[affix] rejoice; enjoy
【意】3 Category:Japanese nouns#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese nouns#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[noun] thoughts; feelings
[noun] intent; meaning; goodwill
[affix] mind; idea; thought; feeling; intention
[affix] meaning
【慰】S Category:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[affix] comfort; console
【扆】H Category:Japanese nouns#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese nouns#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[noun] in ancient China, a special windscreen placed behind the throne, made of red cloth embroidered with a pattern of axes and used during imperial audiences
[noun] (by extension) the throne itself
【易】5 Category:Japanese nouns#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[noun] something easy to do; easiness
[affix] easy; simple
【椅】S Category:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[affix] only used in 椅子 (isu, ishi, “chair”)
【為】S Category:Japanese nouns#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese nouns#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[noun] the twelfth string on a 箏 (koto, “Japanese zither”)
[noun] a fingering method for playing the 尺八 (shakuhachi, “Japanese endblown flute”)
[affix] do, perform, carry out
【畏】S Category:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[affix] fear
[affix] respect
【異】6 Category:Japanese nouns#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese nouns#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese adjectives#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[noun] (literary) difference
[noun] (Buddhism) change or disease, one of the four states or avasthā
[adjective] (literary) strange; unusual
[affix] different
[affix] strange; unusual; extraordinary; excellent
[affix] aberrant
[affix] other; another
【移】5 Category:Japanese nouns#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[noun] (historical) under the Ritsuryō system of ancient Japan, an official document exchanged between officials with no direct authority over each other
[affix] shift; move; change
【維】S Category:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[affix] hold together; keep; maintain
[affix] what holds together; net, supportive
【緯】S Category:Japanese nouns#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese nouns#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[noun] weft, woof
[noun] parallels of latitude
【縊】H Category:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[affix] hang; strangle
【胃】6 Category:Japanese nouns#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese proper nouns#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[noun] stomach
[proper noun] (Chinese astronomy) Stomach Mansion (one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions)
[affix] gastric; of or relating to the stomach
【萎】S Category:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[affix] wither; droop
【蝟】H Category:Japanese nouns#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[noun] the Chinese name of the 針鼠 (harinezumi, “hedgehog”)
【衣】4 Category:Japanese nouns#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[noun] clothes, clothing
[affix] clothes, clothing
[affix] garb, robe (as worn by a monk, nun, or priest)
【違】S Category:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[affix] differ; vary
[affix] go against; run counter to; disobey
【遺】6 Category:Japanese nouns#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese affixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[noun] something fallen, something lost or left behind
[affix] be left, remain
[affix] leave behind after one's death, bequeath
[affix] leave behind, forget
[affix] give, present
[affix] let leak
(This term, い (i), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as い, see Category:Japanese kanji read as い.)
Category:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#いCategory:Pages with entries#いCategory:Pages with 2 entries#い

Etymology 6

From various Japonic origins.

For pronunciation and definitions of い – see the following entries.
【井】4 Category:Japanese nouns#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese proper nouns#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[noun] well (water source)
[proper noun] a surname
【亥】J Category:Japanese proper nouns#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[proper noun] the Boar, the twelfth of the twelve Earthly Branches
【堰】J Category:Japanese nouns#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[noun] a dike or levee for containing water
【居】5 Category:Japanese nouns#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese verbs#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[noun] being (in a place), sitting (in a place); a seat
[verb] imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of いる (iru) [ichidan]
【寝】S Category:Japanese nouns#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[noun] (obsolete) sleep, sleeping
【胆】S Category:Japanese nouns#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[noun] (archaic, possibly obsolete or in compounds) gallbladder; liver
【猪】J Category:Japanese nouns#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[noun] a pig or wild boar
【藺】H Category:Japanese nouns#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[noun] a rush
【五】1 Category:Japanese nouns#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[noun] five
【五十】 Category:Japanese numerals#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#いCategory:Japanese nouns#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[numeral] Combining form of いそ (iso) above: fifty, 50
[noun] (by extension) Combining form of いそ (iso) above: a large quantity
【斎】S Category:Japanese prefixes#いCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Japanese lemmas#いCategory:Japanese hiragana#い
[prefix] (Shinto) added to spiritual nouns to indicate purity and holiness: holy, pure, sacred
(This term, い (i), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as い, see Category:Japanese kanji read as い.)

(The following entry does not have a page created for it yet: 汝.)Category:Japanese redlinks/ja-see#いCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#いCategory:Pages with entries#いCategory:Pages with 2 entries#い

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Okinawan

Prefix

い (i-) Category:Okinawan lemmas#いCategory:Okinawan terms with redundant sortkeys#いCategory:Okinawan prefixes#いCategory:Okinawan hiragana#いCategory:Okinawan entries with incorrect language header#いCategory:Pages with entries#いCategory:Pages with 2 entries#い

  1. (Old Okinawan, Middle Okinawan) attaches to verbs and adjectives. Further details are uncertain.Category:Okinawan terms with uncertain meaning#い The derived terms do not appear to have any difference in meaning than their original terms.
  2. attaches to nouns to give a special value
    いくとぅば
    ikutuba
    legend (< kutuba "word")
    Category:Okinawan terms with usage examples#いCategory:Okinawan terms with usage examples#い

References

  • Okinawa Kogo Daijiten Henshū I'inkai (沖縄古語大辞典編集委員会) (1995), 沖縄古語大辞典 [Dictionary of Archaic Okinawan], Tokyo (東京都): Kadokawa Shoten (角川書店), →ISBN, page 53
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