kawaii

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• /kəˈwaɪ.i/
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Borrowed from Japanese 可愛(かわい)い (kawaii, “lovable; adorable; cute”).

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: كَاوَايّ (kāwāyy) — cute, in the context of Japanese culture
• Arabic: كَاوَايِيّ (kāwāyiyy) — cute, in the context of Japanese culture
• Assamese: কাৱাইই (kawaii) — cute, in the context of Japanese culture
• Chinese Cantonese: 卡哇伊 (kaa1 waa1 ji1) — cute, in the context of Japanese culture
• Chinese Cantonese: 可愛 /可爱 (ho2 oi3) — cute, in the context of Japanese culture
• Hakka Chinese: 卡哇伊 (khà-oa-yì) — cute, in the context of Japanese culture
• Chinese Mandarin: 卡哇伊 (kǎwāyī) — cute, in the context of Japanese culture
• Chinese Mandarin: 可愛 /可爱 (kě'ài) — cute, in the context of Japanese culture
• Esperanto: kaŭaii — cute, in the context of Japanese culture
• Esperanto: kavaja — cute, in the context of Japanese culture
• French: kawaï — cute, in the context of Japanese culture
• French: kawaii — cute, in the context of Japanese culture
• Georgian: კავაიი (ḳavaii) — cute, in the context of Japanese culture
• Hebrew: קאוואיי (kaváiy) — cute, in the context of Japanese culture
• Hungarian: kavaii — cute, in the context of Japanese culture
• Hungarian: kavaí — cute, in the context of Japanese culture
• Hungarian: kawaii — cute, in the context of Japanese culture
• Ido: kawaii — cute, in the context of Japanese culture
• Italian: kawaii — cute, in the context of Japanese culture
• Japanese: 可愛い (kawaii) — cute, in the context of Japanese culture
• Korean: 카와이 (kawai) — cute, in the context of Japanese culture
• Korean: 가와이 (gawai) — cute, in the context of Japanese culture
• Marathi: कावाई (kāvāī) — cute, in the context of Japanese culture
• Polish: kawaii — cute, in the context of Japanese culture
• Portuguese: kawaii — cute, in the context of Japanese culture
• Russian: кава́йный (kavájnyj) — cute, in the context of Japanese culture
• Russian: каваи́й (kavaíj) — cute, in the context of Japanese culture
• Spanish: kawaii — cute, in the context of Japanese culture
• Thai: คะวะอี (ká-wá-ii) — cute, in the context of Japanese culture
• Ukrainian: кава́йний (kavájnyj) — cute, in the context of Japanese culture