じゃい

particle

is it?; isn't it?

Sentence-ending particle used in casual male speech to mark a wh-question (what, where, who, etc.) with a familiar, often rhetorical or emphatic tone. Similar to だい but with a slightly rougher or more masculine feel.

See also: だい

• 何なにがおかしいんじゃい。

  What's so funny?

• 誰だれがそんなこと言いったんじゃい。

  Who said such a thing?