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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)
でる
くい
はうたれる
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
くい
をまも
る
to hold fast to one's ways; to be overly conservative; to not get with the times;
(lit.)
to guard the tree stub
きり
くい
stump
3 more...
Examples (1 in total)
彼
かれ
は
くい
州
しゅう
の
出
しゅっ
身
しん
だ。
He's from Hangzhou.