か |
1. syllable. (ja-kana-def) | |
2. part. final interrogative particle, similar to a question mark ("?"). | |
お元気ですか。 - literally Are you well? | |
どう すれば い.い か わからない。 - I don't know what I should do. | |
3. part. particle marking alternatives in a list; "or". | |
これか、それか、どっちか選んでよ。 - This or that, choose one of them. | |
4. part. whether (or not) | |
行くか知らない。 - I don't know whether he'll go. | |
5. part. indication of doubt | |
行くかと思いますが…… - I think he'll go (but I'm not sure).... | |
6. part. Usage: * In Classical Japanese, attaches to the rentaikei: | |
Usage: * 誰が天地を造りしか。 - Who made the heaven and the earth? | |
7. part. Usage: * The Japanese full stop is traditionally used in place of a question mark after this particle. | |
8. prefix. (emphatic before an adjective, non-productive) very | |
(prefixusex, ja, 弱い, か弱い, tr1=yowai, tr2=kayowai, t1=, t2=) | |
(prefixusex, ja, 細い, か細い, tr1=hosoi, tr2=kabosoi, t1=, t2=) | |
9. suffix. forms 形容動詞 from stems, indicating the state or feeling of an object | |
10. suffix. Usage: * May attach directly to a root. | |
11. suffix. Usage: ** (suffixusex, ja, 静, tr1=shizu-, か, tr2=-ka, 静か, tr3=shizuka, t3=quiet) | |
12. suffix. Usage: ** (suffixusex, ja, 愚, tr1=oro-, か, tr2=-ka, 愚か, tr3=oroka, t3=foolish) | |
13. suffix. Usage: ** (suffixusex, ja, 細, tr1=koma-, か, tr2=-ka, 細か, tr3=komaka, t3=tiny; detailed) | |
14. suffix. Usage: * May be followed in turn by -i adjective-forming suffix | |
15. suffix. Usage: ** (suffixusex, ja, 愚, tr1=oro-, か, tr2=-ka, しい, tr3=-shii, 愚かしい, tr4=orokashii, t4=foolish) | |
16. suffix. Usage: ** (suffixusex, ja, 細, tr1=koma-, か, tr2=-ka, しい, tr3=-shii, 細かしい, tr4=komakashii, t4=tiny, pos4=archaic) | |
17. suffix. Usage: * More rarely, may be followed by -i adjective-forming suffix | |
18. suffix. Usage: ** (suffixusex, ja, 細, tr1=koma-, か, tr2=-ka, い, tr3=-i, 細かい, tr4=komakai, t4=tiny; detailed) | |
19. suffix. Usage: ** (suffixusex, ja, 暖, tr1=atata-, か, tr2=-ka, い, tr3=-i, 暖かい, tr4=atatakai, t4=warm) | |
20. suffix. Usage: * Often follows -na adjective-forming suffixes | |
21. suffix. Usage: ** (suffixusex, ja, 爽, tr1=sawa-, や, tr2=-ya, か, tr3=-ka, 爽やか, tr4=sawayaka, t4=refreshing; clear; eloquent) | |
22. suffix. Usage: ** (suffixusex, ja, 明, tr1=aki-, ら, tr2=-ra, か, tr3=-ka, 明らか, tr4=akiraka, t4=apparent; clear) | |