かい
Meanings
Prefix
Suffix
1. open; beginning
Pitch accent
か
い
Used in vocabulary (90 in total)
break in the deadlock
opening of a meeting
opening of a gate
opening; aperture (e.g. camera); opening one's mouth; beginning to speak; open; broad
full bloom (esp. of cherry blossom); full blossom
evacuation (to the country); spreading out (troops); deployment; dispersal
opening a new hospital, institution, temple, etc.; opening a hospital, institution, temple, etc. (for the day); opening of (a session of) the Imperial Diet
opening (for that day's business; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.); opening (of a new library, museum, cinema, etc.)
opening (of a new office, facility, etc.)
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
opening fully; full throttle; full power
development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)
founding a temple (on a hill-top)
opening (a letter, parcel, etc.); breaking the seal; unboxing (a product); unsealed mail
opening (the doors of a venue); inauguration (of a new building, facility, etc.)
opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)
opening (e.g. library, museum, etc); being open; making a room accessible to people; (organization) being available to take on work
counting ballots; tally (of votes)
opening to the public; making available to the public; exhibiting; unveiling; release (of a film, information, etc.); disclosure
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start; beginning
spreading the legs (wide apart); opening the legs
stating (one's views); expressing
reopening; resumption; restarting
outbreak of war; starting a war
(sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor
opening a business; opening a practice
uncivilized; uncivilised; undeveloped (land); unexplored (territory, field, etc.); unbloomed (flower)
opening (of a new road, railway, etc.); going into operation (e.g. telephone communication); beginning services; reopening (e.g. of a road to traffic); resumption of services
surrender of a castle; surrender of a fortress; capitulation of a stronghold
enlightenment; spiritual awakening; reaching one's peak (as a performer, etc.); reaching the highest echelons; gaining eyesight; restoring eyesight
opening (of uncultivated land)
public exhibition (of a Buddhist image); displaying (a Buddhist image); revealing (something that is supposed to remain hidden); opening (a gambling house); holding (a gambling party)
better fortune
opening a port (seaport, airport, etc.); starting operations at a port; opening a port to foreign vessels or trade
opening a school
opening of a park (theme park, botanical garden etc.)
civilization; civilisation; enlightenment
civilization; civilisation; enlightenment
half-open; partly open; semicivilized; semicivilised
excavation; cutting; digging
opening (of a broadcasting station, post office, bureau, etc.); establishment
open interval
opening of a ceremony
craniotomy
unstopping; uncorking; uncapping; connecting (e.g. gas supply)
establishment of the shogunate; founding a shogunate
start of a course; start of lectures; opening of a new course; offering a course (for the first time)
open-heart surgery
founding (of a temple or sect); founder; laying the foundation (for something); base (topology); basis
opening of a banquet; opening of a wedding reception
opening a book; opening (part) of a book
open access (in a library); open shelves
publishing (esp. using woodblock printing)
anthesis; flowering season
opening or unsealing of bids
cleavage (in gems)
horizontal deployment (of techniques, etc.); application to other fields
opening a government office (for the day); opening a new government office
divergence; aperture
extraction of square root
mouth gag
creating a new village or town; opening a village (e.g. for Olympic athletes)
open cover
development language
establishment of a university
opening a can
numerical aperture (in photography)
Kaesong (North Korea)
extraction of roots; evolution
long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "a" and "u" sounds
first lighting of the hearth in a Zen temple (first day of the 10th or 11th month)
contracted sound
open circuit
development bank
open pipe
opening of mine
Buddhist missionary, esp. in Jodo, Pure Land, etc. sects; Buddhist minister (in the West)
open syllable
(of Chinese) pronunciation of kanji without a medial between the initial consonant and center vowel; (of Japanese) the long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "a" and "u" sounds
moonflower (Ipomoea alba)
opening hours of a gallery
prefatory sutra; opening a sutra; beginning to read a sutra
open-loop
groove (in welding)
open channel (liquid flow)
wingspread (of an insect)
polytechnic college (with two-year and four-year courses)
Kaichi International University
Examples (1 in total)
I can't open the document.