also: ウェー · ウエー
noun
Katakana noun corresponding to “way.” In ordinary Japanese, words such as 方法 or 道 are normally used; ウェイ is mainly encountered as a foreign-word element in names, titles, and compounds such as ワンウェイ or マイウェイ.
「ワンウェイ」のウェイは、英語の way に当たる部分だ。
The ウェイ in ワンウェイ is the part corresponding to “way.”
「マイウェイ」のウェイは「道」や「やり方」という意味で理解される。
The ウェイ in マイウェイ is understood as meaning “way,” “path,” or “manner.”
The ordinary Japanese noun for a method or way of doing something; ウェイ is a katakana foreign-word form and is not the usual everyday word for this meaning.
Means a road, path, or figurative way; it is the normal native/Japanese-written word where ウェイ would sound like a foreign-word element.
A common compound containing ウェイ, meaning “one-way.” It shows the kind of compound or borrowed expression where ウェイ is often seen.
Only katakana spellings are given; no explicit language-of-origin data is specified. The form corresponds to the foreign word glossed as “way,” but the borrowing history is not specified.