たい

See also: だい and タイ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Descended from Old Japanese たし (tasi).

Suffix

たい (rōmaji -tai)

  1. (attaches to the 連用形 of verbs) want to
    一度 (いちど)モザンビークに行 (い)ってみたいです。
    Ichido Mozanbīku ni ittemitai desu.
    I want to go to Mozambique at least once.
    ああ、死 (し)にたい。
    Ā, shinitai.
    Just kill me now.
    (literally, “I want to die.”)

Usage notes

  • The ending forms an adjective (形容詞) but allows for the combination with nominal particles such as を, unlike regular adjectives.
    死 (し)にたくない ― shinitaku nai ― do not want to die
    それを食 (た)べたかった。 ― sore o tabetakatta. ― I wanted to eat that.
  • This adjective is not used to make factual statements about other people's desires outside of quoting them. For people other than the speaker it is confined mainly to asking questions. Otherwise it is replaced with constructions expressing impressions of the other person's desire, such as よう.

Etymology 2

Various.

Counter

たい (rōmaji -tai)

  1. 体:
  2. 袋:

Noun

たい (rōmaji tai)

  1. 鯛: sea bream
  2. 田井: place for storage of saved water in a field
  3. 田居: field
  4. 体: body
  5. 対: versus, anti
  6. 胎: womb
  7. 堆:
  8. 敦: dui (vessel)
  9. 隊: party, troop, band
  10. 態: condition; (grammar) voice - active voice, passive voice
  11. 他意: other intention
  12. タイ, 泰: Thai
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