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か

かka

CommonParticle & grammar

Meanings

Meanings are shown in English (JMdict).

  1. particle

    indicates a question

    Note: at sentence end

    行(い)くのか行(い)かないのか。

    • Are you going or staying?
    • Are you going or not?

    Words:行(い)くのか

  2. indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question

    Note: at the end of a subordinate clause

  3. or; whether or not; either ... or ...

    Note: as ...か...（か）

  4. some- (e.g. something, someone)

    Note: after an interrogative

    See also: 何(なに)か

    誰(だれ)かが来(き)た。

    • Someone has come.

    Words:か来(き)た

    Verified

  5. hmm; huh; I wonder (if, why, etc.); it might (be); maybe; perhaps it's (because of); could it be (that)

    Note: indicates uncertainty, conjecture, doubt, etc.

    何(なん)と言(い)ったらいいか・・・。

    • What should I say?
    • I just don't know what to say.
    Other translations (4)
    • I simply don't know what to say...
    • I don't know what to say...

    Words:何(なん)と言(い)ういいか

  6. shouldn't we ...?; why don't we ...?; what about ...?; how about ...?; let's ...; may I ...?; could you ...?

    Note: indicates invitation, suggestion, or polite request; after a negative or volitional

  7. some (amount); roughly; about; circa; more or less; or so

    Note: indicates a rough amount

    See also: 何(なん)人(にん)か

  8. won't you ...?; why don't you ...?; couldn't you (e.g. have done differently)?; shouldn't you ...?

    Note: indicates indirect command or critique; usu. after a negative

  9. why should ...?; why would ...?; would I (really) ...?; who could have (guessed, foreseen, etc.) ...?; how could ...?; how should ...?

    Note: indicates irony or rhetorical question

  10. OK?; (you) understand?; got it?; really?; right?; didn't (I, you, etc.) ...?

    Note: used to confirm or emphasize information

  11. oh; wow; how (incredible, strongly, badly, etc.)

    Note: indicates surprise or strong emotion

  12. come to think of ...; ... you say?; ah; now that (you, it, etc.) ...

    Note: indicates (sudden) realization or recollection

    もう春(はる)か。

    • Ah, it's spring already.

    Words:春(はる)か

    Verified

  13. prefix

    very

    Note: emphatic prefix; usu. before an adjective

    See also: か弱(よわ)い

    か弱(よわ)い花(はな)が咲(さ)いている。

    • A very delicate flower is blooming.

    Words:か花(はな)が咲(さ)く

    Verified

  14. suffix

    -al; -ial; -ic; -ical; -ish; -y

    Note: suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; after an uninflectable word

    See also: 定(さだ)か

  15. adverb

    in that way

    archaic

Example sentences 8,431

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