jpdb beta

Login or Sign up
くい
Meanings
Noun
1. stake; post; pile; picket
esp. 杭, 杙
2. stump
esp. 株
Alt. forms
杭くい
96%
くい
2%
杙くい
1%
株くい
Pitch accent
く
い
Used in: 49
Used in vocabulary (6 in total)
the nail that sticks out gets hammered down; people that stick out too much get punished; tall trees catch much wind; people that excel at something become disliked
to hold fast to one's ways; to be overly conservative; to not get with the times; (lit.) to guard the tree stub
stump
3 more...
Examples (1 in total)
He's from Hangzhou.