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JLPT N5 · Interjection

はい (hai)

はい is a Japanese interjection meaning “yes; that is correct”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
はい
Romaji
hai
Word class
Interjection
Level
JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. yes; that is correct · interjection · polite
  2. understood; I see; OK; okay · interjection
  3. present; here · interjection · as a response to a roll call
  4. pardon?; what's that?; come again? · interjection · colloquial · with rising intonation
  5. now; here; here you go · interjection · used when calling for someone's attention or when handing something to someone

Example sentences

「もしもし、ブラウンさんですか」「はい、そうです」
"Hello, is this Mrs. Brown?" "Yes, this is Mrs. Brown."
Tatoeba #236422
はいどうぞ、君が飛行機の中で読む雑誌です。
Here's a magazine for you to read in the plane.
Tatoeba #198338

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Source: JMdict entry 1010080 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.