かて

Japanese

Alternative spelling
糧

Pronunciation

Noun

かて • (kate) 

  1. food
  2. (figurative) guiding material for future endeavors
    人(じん)生(せい)の糧(かて)となる
    jinsei no kate to naru
    to become a guiding force in one's life

Particle

かて • (kate) 

  1. (archaic or Kansai, conjunctive) even if
    Synonyms: からとて, にしても
  2. (Kansai, binding) even
    Synonym: (standard) だって

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.