回|かいkai[1]atamadaka (head-high)

JLPT N3approx.Common
Definitions
  1. countercounter for occurrences
    新種しんしゅの稲いねによっては年ねんに2、3回かい収穫しゅうかくできる物ものもある。↗
    Some new kinds of rice can be harvested two or three times a year.
    このトーナメントに優勝ゆうしょうするには、7回かい続つづけて勝かたなくてはいけません。↗
    We have to win seven times in a row to win this tournament.
  2. nouna time; an instance
  3. nouninning (baseball); round; game
  4. noun, noun (suffix)episode; chapter; instalment
  5. nounHui (people)
  6. nounIslam
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym度たびNeutralNeutral word for a time or occurrence, as in 「この度」「旅行の度に」; it has a more native-Japanese feel than 「回」 and often means 'each/every time'.
  • Related折おりWrittenWritten/formal prose word for an occasion or opportune moment, as in 「折を見て」「折に触れて」; it points to the timing of something, not to counting how many times it happens.

Count occurrences with 「回」 by default. Use 「度」 when you want a more native-Japanese word, often for 'each time' as in 「旅行の度に」; use 「折」 in written prose for an occasion or opportune moment, not for counting.

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Japanese definitions
  1. (カイ)同おなじあるいは似にた出来事できごとや事柄ことがらが繰り返くりかえされるときの、その繰り返くりかえしの内うちの一ひとつ。
  2. (カイ)講談こうだんや連載れんさい小説しょうせつなど分割ぶんかつして提供ていきょうされる文学ぶんがく作品さくひんなどで、提供ていきょうされる単位たんい。
  3. (カイ)スポーツで、反復はんぷくする攻撃こうげき・防御ぼうぎょのひとまとまり。野球やきゅうやソフトボールなどでのイニング。ボクシングなどでのラウンド。
  4. (カイ)反復はんぷくされる行動こうどうの一ひとまとまりの数かずを表あらわす助数詞じょすうし。
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