(pronounced key-eye) is a
Japanese term that is a compound of
ki (気) meaning mind, will, turn-of-mind or spirit and ai(合, 合い) being the contraction of the verb awasu (合わす), signifying "to unite"; literally "concentrated spirit". Kiai is a term used in
martial arts and in
the board game Go where it describes fighting spirit. See
go terms for its use in the context of the game go.
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title or reference for a venerated scholar, teacher of Islam. 2 district head k.r(in South Kalimantan). 3 title used with certain objects of veneration