べい

See also: へい

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of べい – see the following entries.
【米】2
[affix] rice
[affix] United States (abbreviation of アメリカ合衆国 (Amerika Gasshūkoku) and 亜米利加合衆国 (Amerika Gasshūkoku): a country in North America)
[affix] America, the Americas] (abbreviation of アメリカ (Amerika) and 亜米利加 (Amerika): a supercontinent)
【可い】
[adjective] (dialectal Kanto, Tōhoku, Hokkaidō, archaic) should; must
[particle] (dialectal Kanto, Tōhoku, Hokkaidō) sentence-ending particle indicating volition or supposition
(This term, べい (bei), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as べい, see Category:Japanese kanji read as べい.)
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