気合

See also: 氣合 and 气合

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
あい
Grade: 2
kan’on kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
氣合 (kyūjitai)
気合い

Pronunciation

Noun

()(あい) • (kiai) 

  1. fighting spirit, spirit, motivation
    気合(きあい)()すぎ
    Kiai iresugi.
    You're putting too much into it.
  2. shout, yell
  3. kiai (the short yell or shout uttered when performing an attacking move in martial arts)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: kiai
  • Indonesian: kiai

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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