Kiai

Other forms:

気合 (Kiai) is a Japanese noun meaning “(fighting) spirit, motivation, effort, shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.)”.

Meanings

  1. noun(fighting) spirit; motivation; effort
  2. nounshout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; yell
  3. nounkiai; short shout when performing an attacking move

Examples

  • The team is up for the game.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 気合

spiritfit

Related words

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