おおい (かん)

おおい (かん) · ooi (kan) · JLPT N1 · noun

hey

📣 おおい sounds like oh-ee, the loud call you yell to flag someone down across a street

Use おおい to get someone's attention from a distance, the way English speakers shout hey. It is a call, so it is often stretched to おーい when shouted.

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