斐

Meaning

斐 centers on visual elegance: something beautifully patterned or aesthetically striking.

• 甲斐かい

  result (that makes an act worthwhile); worth (in doing something); value; effect; use; benefit; avail

• 甲斐がい
  N1

  result (that makes an act worthwhile); worth (in doing something); value; effect; use; benefit; avail

• 遣り甲斐やりがい
  N2

  value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction

• 不甲斐ないふがいない

  good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless; cowardly; tame; timid; pathetic; pitiful; disappointing; shameful; useless; worthless

• 甲斐性かいしょう

  resourcefulness; ability (esp. to earn a living); dependability; reliability

• 年甲斐としがい

  one's age

• 有斐閣ゆうひかく

  Yūhikaku (law book publisher)

• 甲斐甲斐しいかいがいしい

  brisk and efficient; diligent; devoted; spirited

• し甲斐しがい

  value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction

• 友達甲斐ともだちがい

  true friendship

• 年甲斐も無いとしがいもない

  unbecoming; unsuitable; disgraceful; wrong for one's age; unworthy of one's years; thoughtless for one's age

• 恋の骨折り甲斐こいのほねおりがい

  Love's Labour's Won (Shakespeare)

• 斐然ひぜん

  beautiful; florid

• 斐紙ひし

  traditional Japanese paper made from the fibre of plant species Diplomorpha sikokiana (high quality, glossy)

• 甲斐かい

  Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)

• 甲斐あってかいあって

  thanks to; because of ... (something positive happened); it was worth ... (because); it paid off

• 甲斐があるかいがある

  to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off

• 甲斐がないかいがない

  useless; in vain

• 甲斐なしかいなし

  worthlessness; uselessness; hopelessness

• 甲斐性なしかいしょうなし

  being good-for-nothing; useless person

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