What does たい mean in Japanese?

たい (たい) means "want to (do something)" in Japanese.

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Q: How do you use たい in a sentence?

水が飲みたいです。 (みずがのみたいです。) — I want to drink water.

Kana: たい

want to (do something)

⛩️ Japanese Level 1 🏃 Actions & Verbs

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水が飲みたいです。

みずがのみたいです。

I want to drink water.

What たい means

たい (たい) is a Japanese word meaning “want to (do something)”. It belongs to the Actions & Verbs topic and appears at Level 1, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Japanese.

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するする to do; to make 見るみる to look; to watch; to read 聞くきく to listen 書くかく to write 読むよむ to read 行くいく to go 来るくる to come 買うかう to buy 住むすむ to live (somewhere) 座るすわる to sit 帰るかえる to return; to go home できるできる can; to know how

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