回かい

counter

counter for occurrences; times

Used after a number to count how many times something happens. Also used for ordinal numbering of events (e.g., 第1回).

• この映えい画がはもう三さん回かい見みた。

  I've already seen this movie three times.

• 第だい5回かいの会かい議ぎは来らい週しゅうです。

  The fifth meeting is next week.

noun

time; instance; occasion

Used as a noun meaning a particular occurrence or turn. Often appears in set phrases like その回 or 今回.

• その回かいの授じゅ業ぎょうは休きゅう講こうになった。

  That class session was canceled.

• 今こん回かいの企き画かくはとても面おも白しろい。

  This time's project is very interesting.

noun

inning (baseball); round; game

Used in sports contexts to refer to an inning in baseball, or a round/game in other competitions.

• 試し合あいは九きゅう回かいまで続つづいた。

  The game went on until the ninth inning.

• 次つぎの回かいで逆ぎゃく転てんした。

  They turned the game around in the next inning.

noun, noun, used as a suffix

episode; chapter; installment

Colloquial use for a serialized episode, chapter, or installment of a story, drama, or series.

• このドラマは全ぜん12回かいです。

  This drama has 12 episodes in total.

• 次じ回かいのマンガが楽たのしみだ。

  I'm looking forward to the next chapter of the manga.

noun

Hui (people)

Abbreviation of 回族. Refers to the Hui ethnic group in China.

See also: 回族

• 回かい族ぞくは中ちゅう国ごくの少しょう数すう民みん族ぞくの一ひとつで、略りゃくして「回かい」とも呼よばれる。

  The Hui are one of China's ethnic minorities, sometimes abbreviated as 回.

noun

Islam

Abbreviation of 回教. An older term for Islam, now less common.

See also: 回教

• 「回かい教きょう」はイスラム教きょうの古ふるい呼よび方かたで、略りゃくして「回かい」とも書かかれた。

  回教 is an old term for Islam, sometimes abbreviated as 回.