miai

From Japanese 見合い (みあい, miai).

miai (countable and uncountable, plural miais or miai)

1. (countable) In Japan, a formal marriage interview, marriage meeting.
2. (go) The situation where two plays are available such that if one player takes one, the opponent will take the other one. The term applies most commonly when both possibilities give the same result.

• (formal marriage interview): omiai

• blind date

• AIIM, Imai

miai

1. (reintegrationist norm) second-person plural imperative of miar

miai m

1. plural of miao

• Officially miao is invariant, but the plural is actually used.

miai

1. second-person plural imperative of miar