べい

See also: へい

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of べい – see the following entries.

【米】2	[affix] rice [affix] Short for アメリカ合衆国／亜米利加合衆国 (Amerika Gasshūkoku, “United States (a country)”). [affix] Short for アメリカ／亜米利加 (Amerika, “the Americas (a region)”).

【可い】	[adjective] (dialectal Kanto, Tōhoku, Hokkaidō, archaic) should; must [particle] (dialectal Kanto, Tōhoku, Hokkaidō) sentence-ending particle indicating volition or supposition

(This term, べい, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as べい, see Category:Japanese kanji read as べい.)

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