What does mou ii kai tend to mean? Ive always thought that it meant something along the lines of “one more time” but recently I encountered a different meaning: “whatever.” When I try to clarify this usage on google I don’t find much. Just curious and wanting some help in that!
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You seem to be confusing a few things.
もう一回 (Mou ikkai) means one more time. (“Mou” here means “additional” and “ikkai” is a number+counter meaning “one time”)
もういいかい？(Mou ii kai?) means “Are you ready/good to go yet?” (here, “Mou” means already/yet, “ii” is an adjective meaning “good”, and “kai” is a casual question marker).
“Whatever” would be どうでもいい or possibly (in certain contexts responding to people) もういい (without “kai”.
Does this help at all?
(P.S. In the future please use the Daily Question Thread for short one-off questions like this.)
もう一回(もういっかい)=One more time
もういいかい= Are you ready
発音はちょっと違うね
As others have said I’m pretty sure you heard もういい (mou ii), which can mean, “that’s quite enough”, when said in an angry tone, or “whatever, that’s good enough (stop trying to make it better)” when said in an annoyed tone. Maybe you heard もういいか (mou ii ka), someone asking a rhetorical question, “you done??” (You’ve done quite enough already), or, “that’s quite enough, isn’t it?”. Which sounds like もう一回 (mou ikkai).