Japanese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
The hiragana character へ (he) with a dakuten (゛).
Syllable
べ • (be)
- The hiragana syllable べ (be). Its equivalent in katakana is ベ (be).
See also
- (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, ゆゅ, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ
Etymology 2
From Kantō, Tōhoku, Hokkaidō Japanese 可い (bei), from Classical Japanese 可し (beshi), via regular shift from Classical ク活用 (ku-katsuyō) adjective to modern -i adjective.
Particle
べ • (be)
- (dialectal Kanto, Tōhoku, Hokkaidō) sentence-ending particle indicating volition or supposition
- 明日は学校だがら朝早く起きんべ。
- Ashita wa gakkō da gara asa hayaku okin be.
- I'll get up early for tomorrow's school.
- 大したことでもねえべ。
- Tēshita koto de mo nē be.
- It's not a big deal.
See also
Etymology 3
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(This term, べ (be), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as べ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as べ.)
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