快: Cheerful; Pleasant; AgreeableKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- カイ
- Kun'yomi
- こころよ(い)
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, grade 5
- Words
- 111 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (カイ)
- 快適かいてきpleasant; agreeable
- 明快めいかいclear; clear-cut
- 快挙かいきょbrilliant achievement; spectacular feat
- 豪快ごうかいhearty; tremendous
- 不快ふかいdispleasure; discomfort
- 軽快けいかいlight (of movements); nimble
- 不愉快ふゆかいunpleasant; disagreeable
- 快調かいちょうgood (condition); going well
- 快速かいそくhigh speed; rapidity
- 愉快ゆかいpleasant; delightful
- 快感かいかんpleasant feeling; pleasant sensation
- 快晴かいせいclear weather; cloudless weather
- 快勝かいしょうsweeping victory; easy victory
- 快楽かいらくpleasure
- 全快ぜんかいcomplete recovery of health
- 快作かいさくsplendid work; masterpiece
- 快打かいだclean hit
- 快投かいとうgood pitch
- 快方かいほうconvalescence
- 快活かいかつcheerful; lively
- 快眠かいみんpleasant sleep
- 快諾かいだくready consent
- 快走かいそうfast moving; fast running
- 快音かいおんpleasant sound; crack (of a baseball bat)
- 爽快そうかいrefreshing; exhilarating
- 痛快つうかいexhilarating; thrilling
- 不快な思いをさせるふかいなおもいをさせるto offend someone; to give offence
- 不快感ふかいかんdiscomfort
- 不快感を与えるふかいかんをあたえるto jar; to grate
- 不快指数ふかいしすうdiscomfort index; temperature-humidity index
- 全快祝いぜんかいいわいcelebration of complete recovery from illness
- 区快くかいRegional Rapid Service (JR West); Section Rapid Service
- 区間快速くかんかいそくRegional Rapid Service (JR West); Section Rapid Service
- 単純明快たんじゅんめいかいsimple and clear; plain and simple
- 壮快そうかいemotionally uplifting; stirring
- 平易明快へいいめいかいsimple and clear; plain and lucid
- 心身爽快しんしんそうかいfeeling refreshed in mind and body
- 快かいpleasure; delight
- 快を貪るかいをむさぼるto enjoy oneself to the full
- 快事かいじpleasure; delight
- 快便かいべん(pleasantly smooth) defecation
- 快刀かいとうsharp sword
- 快刀乱麻かいとうらんまsolving a problem swiftly and skillfully
- 快刀乱麻を断つかいとうらんまをたつto cut the Gordian knot
- 快削鋼かいさくこうfree-cutting steel
- 快味かいみpleasure
- 快哉かいさいjoy; exultation
- 快哉を叫ぶかいさいをさけぶto shout with exultation; to shout for joy
- 快報かいほうgood news
- 快弁かいべんeloquence
- 快復かいふくrestoration; rehabilitation
- 快心かいしんgood feeling; comfortable feeling
- 快急かいきゅうrapid express (train)
- 快感帯かいかんたいcomfort zone
- 快感消失かいかんしょうしつanhedonia
- 快方にむかうかいほうにむかうto take a turn for the better (of an illness, patient, etc.); to begin to improve
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 快いこころよいpleasant; agreeable
- 快くこころよくcomfortably; pleasantly
Other readings
- 全快祝ぜんかいいわいcelebration of complete recovery from illness
- 快快的カイカイデhurriedly; rapidly
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