As we no longer alter the spellings of loanwords to match typical English spelling conventions, this leads to many words with unusual spellings, like "guanxi", "qarin", "kawaii" and "burqa".
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Kawaii
//kəˈwaɪ.i//
Synonyms for "kawaii" (2 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Related words (1)
Noun(1 words)
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Translations
29 translations across 20 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- كَاوَايِيّ adj (cute, in the context of Japanese culture)
- كَاوَايّ adj (cute, in the context of Japanese culture)
Assamese
1 entries- কাৱাইই adj (cute, in the context of Japanese culture)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 卡哇伊 adj (cute, in the context of Japanese culture)
- 可愛 /可爱 adj (cute, in the context of Japanese culture)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 卡哇伊 adj (cute, in the context of Japanese culture)
- 可愛 /可爱 adj (cute, in the context of Japanese culture)
Esperanto
2 entries- kavaja adj (cute, in the context of Japanese culture)
- kaŭaii adj (cute, in the context of Japanese culture)
French
2 entries- kawaii adj (cute, in the context of Japanese culture)
- kawaï adj (cute, in the context of Japanese culture)
Georgian
1 entries- კავაიი adj (cute, in the context of Japanese culture)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 卡哇伊 adj (cute, in the context of Japanese culture)
Hebrew
1 entries- קאוואיי adj (cute, in the context of Japanese culture)
Hungarian
3 entries- kavaii adj (cute, in the context of Japanese culture)
- kavaí adj (cute, in the context of Japanese culture)
- kawaii adj (cute, in the context of Japanese culture)
Ido
1 entries- kawaii adj (cute, in the context of Japanese culture)
Italian
1 entries- kawaii adj (cute, in the context of Japanese culture)
Japanese
1 entries- 可愛い adj (cute, in the context of Japanese culture)
Korean
2 entries- 가와이 adj (cute, in the context of Japanese culture)
- 카와이 adj (cute, in the context of Japanese culture)
Marathi
1 entries- कावाई adj (cute, in the context of Japanese culture)
Portuguese
1 entries- kawaii adj (cute, in the context of Japanese culture)
Russian
2 entries- кава́йный adj (cute, in the context of Japanese culture)
- каваи́й adj (cute, in the context of Japanese culture)
Spanish
1 entries- kawaii adj (cute, in the context of Japanese culture)
Thai
1 entries- คะวะอี adj (cute, in the context of Japanese culture)
Ukrainian
1 entries- кава́йний adj (cute, in the context of Japanese culture)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
I didn't know "kawaii" was a Japanese word.
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"Casper, 'kawaii' is a modern concept in Japanese aesthetics." "What does it mean, David?" "It's about 'cuteness.'"
Source: tatoeba (9550553)
"Tom, do you usually write 'kawaii' in kanji or hiragana?" "I prefer hiragana. It feels more soft."
Source: tatoeba (11391009)
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