Lexical entry
ハイル
hairu
A greeting or exclamation meaning 'hail' or 'live long'.
Expressions & DiscoursePure GairaigoSource UncertainSource: German
Meaning
A loanword from German used as an interjection to wish long life or as a formal hail.
- German-derived hail/greeting
Examples
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Evidence and Provenance
- Data source
- JMdict_english
- Revision
- JMdict.2026-04-17
- Review flags
- donor-language-unclear
- Active language
- English