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kiais

kiais is the plural of kiai.

Meaning of kiai

Noun

kiai (plural kiais or kiai)

  1. The short yell or shout uttered when performing an attacking move in martial arts.
    • The kiai is a battle cry to raise your battle spirit. It keeps your body in top shape, in top concentration. Different people have different kiai.2009, Sayem Huq, “Gemori Battousai”, in Bladin: Edge of Blade, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 24

Questions about kiais

What is kiais the plural of?
Kiais is the plural of kiai.

Words near kiais in the dictionary

  1. kiack
  2. kiacks
  3. Kiacz
  4. Kiah
  5. kiai
  6. kiais
  7. Kialla
  8. Kialla East
  9. Kialla West
  10. kiam chye
  11. Kiama

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