ナイ
Meanings
Suffix
1. inside; within
Pitch accent
Top 31800
Used in vocabulary (268 in total)
inside the home; one's family
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen
in the ward or borough
inside a plane; in-flight
private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
(within a) city; local
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
inside a temple
inside the bay
within the borders of a country; domestic soil; inland; interior; Japan proper (as opposed to its overseas colonies); homeland
infield; diamond
inside; interior
interior; inside; internal
indoor (court, pool, etc.)
by the end of this week; within the week
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
inside the encampment; within the camp
side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; part job (carried out at home); home industry; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending
type of jōruri recitation
endogamy
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
inside; interior; inner part
indoor; inside the room
intravaginal
store interior; inside of a shop
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen
interior of the body
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
internal organs; intestines; viscera
within a school
inside of a castle; area surrounded by castle walls
inside a car (train, bus, etc.)
oral; in the mouth
(within a) territory; domains
in range; within the limits (of...); within (a) range
inside; interior
interior design; interior; upholstery
civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict
civil war
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
interior of the womb (of a pregnant woman); interior of the uterus; interior of a Buddhistic statue
within the school
internal conditions; true state of affairs
(being) within range (radio, commuting, etc.); (being) within the sphere (e.g. of influence)
in the mountains; within the grounds of a temple
inside and outside; interior and exterior; around; about; approximately
in the building
internal (e.g. disk); built-in; equipped (with)
neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town
in-house; (on) the grounds; (in) the premises; hall; theatre; theater
grounds; premises
domestic affairs; internal administration
inner wall
internal medicine, i.e. treatment by medical procedures rather than surgical procedures; department of internal medicine (hospital, etc.)
inside a meeting place
within expectations; as expected; within the scope of hypothesis or assumption
inside the garden (park)
the staff; inside the department
inside the House; inside the Diet; inside the hospital
secret understanding; collusion
on an island; on-island
Japanese domestic
your wife; his wife
party-internal; within the party
within the prefecture
domestic; in the family
the facts; the truth; the true state of affairs; in truth; in fact; in reality
phone extension; indoor wiring; inner line
inner; intrinsic; mental; inherited
inside a space
within the jurisdiction of
within the prefecture (of Kyoto or Osaka); (arch.) within the town limits of Edo
internal bleeding; internal haemorrhage; internal hemorrhage
inside the gates
inside a police station, fire station, tax office, etc.
immanence; inherence; indwelling; intrinsic (cause)
inner; internal; inside
intestinal; inside the intestines
internal pressure
secret understanding; collusion; betrayal
interior of a village
by the end of the year
interior angle; internal angle; inside corner
within the limits (framework, boundaries, price, etc.)
Minister of the Interior (669-1868 CE); Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945 CE)
inner sanctum; inner temple; inner shrine; sanctuary; chancel
internal stress
intrauterine
inside the harbour; inside the harbor
lowdown; inside curtain; inside information; hidden circumstances; inside facts; inner workings
intention; personal opinion
preview; private viewing
in the ministry; in the department
Minister of the Interior (669-1868)
imperial princess; royal princess
intrastate
within Hokkaido
within a pit or (mine) shaft
within the sphere of influence (of)
inner planet
Cabinet Information Research Office
informal consent; private consent
intravascular
inside the area
within Earth's atmosphere; inner space
internal use
inside the cell; intracellular
inner world; inner sphere
one's wife
private or secret orders
introspection; view from the inside; interior appearance; implication
intracranial; endocranial
inner circumference; internal circumference
within the circle
endocrine; incretion; internal secretion
endocrine; incretion; internal secretion
de facto marriage; common-law marriage
medicine taken internally
internal use; private business
bureau in a ministry
side entrance
in parentheses; bracketed
personal affairs; internal affairs
wife's help
lining membrane
internal sense; public official stationed in the capital (under the ritsuryo system)
net content (e.g. on food packaging)
Home Minister (pre-1947)
internal medicine
inner layers
private conversation
infielder; baseman
inner garden; inner park
bore; inside diameter
domestic; internal
company-internal
inner ring (e.g. washer)
endogeny
enclosed bay; inlet; deep bay; basin
intropunitive; tending to blame oneself (rather than others)
inside; your wife
in-house production
secret; confidential
tip-off; secret information
(marriage) engagement; secret treaty; tacit understanding; private contract
inessive
implosion
endotracheal intubation; intratracheal intubation
Inner Mongolia
neijia (Chinese martial arts style); internal martial arts
richer than it appears
tough at heart
by the end of this month
the actual reason
intravenous; intravascular
private wedding
cross between Hinai-dori and Rhode Island Red chickens
common-law wife
becoming subject to another state; inherence (philosophy)
early unofficial job offer; informal promise of employment
inner core (of Earth)
inner harbour; inner harbor
secret report to the emperor
endoskeleton
within bounds; within the pale
secret conference; private consultation; secrecy
internal carotid artery
Buddhist teachings; Buddhist
presentation of employment offer; orientation occasion for prospective employees
burst of energy from within
the Five Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, Kawachi, and Izumi)
child of one's heir
intramuscular
home cooking; eating at home
internal volume; capacity
introversion
inner product
highly confidential, top secret
adduction; rolling internally; intorsion
infield and outfield
sutras; Buddhist literature
endocrine gland
within the scope of authority
adductor muscle
national treatment; treating foreigners and locals equally
inside dimensions; internal dimensions
private or secret orders
internal genitals; internal sex organ
endosarc
esotropia; convergent strabismus; crossed eyes
inferior conjunction (astro)
adhyatmavidya (inner studies, ancient Indian philosophy)
shrine listed in the Engi-Shiki
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (China)
private audience
preliminary negotiations
internal debt or loans
inner practice hall (for Buddhism; on the imperial palace grounds)
endoplasm; endosarc
private perusal
domestic loan
tough on the outside but soft at heart
inner offerer (any of the 10 high-ranking monks serving at the inner offering hall)
national; citizen; native
endostyle; interior column; inner pillar
voluntary liquidation; winding-up
inland waters; territorial waters; local run-off
inner flame
during a period; while
endodontia; endodontic procedure; endodontic treatment
private dinner
domestic product
otitis interna; inflammation of the inner ear
indwelling (life)
Japanese and Koreans
inner planet
internal affairs; domestic affairs
internal terms
infield hit
inside a table or list
being tough on the outside but soft at heart; a faint-hearted person pretending to be brave
internal respiration
endocarp
intra-record data structure
internal character
content architecture
statement entity
superficially cordial but actually uninterested
endotoxin
inside; interior
area on the concave side of a mountain arc or a crescent-shaped archipelago; area of southwestern Japan north of the Median Tectonic Line
indoor apparatus (e.g. telephone equipment)
intraspecific brood parasitism
Gunnai silk weaving
early unofficial heads-up of coming announcement (esp. of change in employment conditions, e.g. transfer or promotion)
early unofficial heads-up of coming announcement (esp. of change in employment conditions, e.g. transfer or promotion)
endonym; autonym
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (China)
inland waters
palpebral nerve; palpebral entropion; entropion of the eyelids
scheduled cash earnings
office in charge of the Emperor's meals (ritsuryo system)
single-layer absorbent bathrobe (worn during or after a bath)
the five viscera (liver, lungs, heart, kidney and spleen)
Examples (25 in total)
Smoking is prohibited inside the elevator.
Eating and drinking are prohibited in the library.
He arrived in time.