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There are 19 total results for your 可愛い search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

可愛い

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 kawayui
    かわゆい
    kawaii / kawai
    かわいい

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Adorable / Cute / Lovely
(ateji / phonetic) (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (adjective) (1) (kana only) cute; adorable; charming; lovely; pretty; (2) (kana only) dear; precious; darling; pet; (3) (kana only) cute little; tiny; (ateji / phonetic) (adjective) (1) (kana only) cute; adorable; charming; lovely; pretty; (2) (kana only) dear; precious; darling; pet; (3) (kana only) cute little; tiny

きも可愛い

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 kimokawaii / kimokawai
    きもかわいい
(can act as adjective) (slang) (colloquialism) being both repellant and attractive at the same time; being both cute and disgusting

エロ可愛い

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 erokawaii / erokawai
    エロかわいい
(adjective) (slang) sexy, but still cute

グロ可愛い

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 gurokawaii; gurokawaii / gurokawai; gurokawai
    グロかわいい; グロカワイイ
(adjective) grotesque but cute

ブサ可愛い

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 busakawaii / busakawai
    ブサかわいい
(adjective) (slang) ugly but cute; adorably ugly

ブス可愛い

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 busukawaii / busukawai
    ブスかわいい
(adjective) (colloquialism) ugly but cute; adorably ugly

大人可愛い

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 otonakawaii / otonakawai
    おとなかわいい
(exp,adj-i) adult-cute; grown-up but girlish; fashion style of adult women characterized by makeup and clothing that subtly emphasizes cuteness

格好可愛い

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 kakkoukawaii / kakkokawai
    かっこうかわいい
(exp,adj-i) cool and cute; cool in a cute way; cute in a cool way

かっこ可愛い

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 kakkokawaii / kakkokawai
    かっこかわいい
(exp,adj-i) cool and cute; cool in a cute way; cute in a cool way

可愛いこちゃん

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 kawaiikochan / kawaikochan
    かわいいこちゃん
(colloquialism) popsy; cutie; sweetie

可愛い子ちゃん

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 kawaiikochan / kawaikochan
    かわいいこちゃん
(colloquialism) popsy; cutie; sweetie

馬鹿な子ほど可愛い

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 bakanakohodokawaii / bakanakohodokawai
    ばかなこほどかわいい
(exp,adj-i) (proverb) a foolish child is more precious

可愛い(ateji)

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 kawaii(p); kawayui; kawaii; kawaii / kawai(p); kawayui; kawai; kawai
    かわいい(P); かわゆい; カワイイ; カワイい
(adjective) (1) (kana only) cute; adorable; charming; lovely; pretty; (adjective) (2) (kana only) dear; precious; darling; pet; (adjective) (3) (kana only) innocent; childlike; childish; lovable; (adjective) (4) (kana only) dainty; little; tiny

可愛い子には旅をさせよ

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 kawaiikonihatabiosaseyo / kawaikonihatabiosaseyo
    かわいいこにはたびをさせよ
(expression) (proverb) Spare the rod and spoil the child; If you love your children, send them out into the world

Variations:
きも可愛い
キモ可愛い

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 kimokawaii(kimo可愛i); kimokawaii(kimo可愛i); kimokawaii / kimokawai(kimo可愛i); kimokawai(kimo可愛i); kimokawai
    きもかわいい(きも可愛い); キモかわいい(キモ可愛い); キモカワイイ
(adjective) (slang) both repellant and attractive at the same time; both cute and disgusting

Variations:
大人可愛い
大人かわいい

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 otonakawaii / otonakawai
    おとなかわいい
(exp,adj-i) adult-cute; grown-up but girlish; fashion style of adult women characterized by makeup and clothing that subtly emphasizes cuteness

Variations:
カッコ可愛い
かっこ可愛い
格好可愛い

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 kakkokawaii(kakko可愛i); kakkoukawaii(格好可愛i); kakkokawaii; kakkokawaii(kakko可愛i) / kakkokawai(kakko可愛i); kakkokawai(格好可愛i); kakkokawai; kakkokawai(kakko可愛i)
    カッコかわいい(カッコ可愛い); かっこうかわいい(格好可愛い); カッコカワイイ; かっこかわいい(かっこ可愛い)
(exp,adj-i) (See 格好・かっこう・2) cool and cute; cool in a cute way; cute in a cool way

Variations:
可愛い子ちゃん
可愛いこちゃん
かわいい子ちゃん

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 kawaiikochan / kawaikochan
    かわいいこちゃん
(colloquialism) (See かわい子ちゃん・かわいこちゃん) cutie; sweetie

Variations:
かわいい子には旅をさせよ
可愛い子には旅をさせよ

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 kawaiikonihatabiosaseyo / kawaikonihatabiosaseyo
    かわいいこにはたびをさせよ
(expression) (proverb) spare the rod and spoil the child; let your darling child travel
This page contains 19 results for "可愛い" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

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