คาใจ
kaa jai
Meanings
1NounB2
bothered; uneasy; nagging on one’s mind
feeling mentally unsettled because something keeps nagging at your mind
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillตอบdtòpตอบdtòp1[to] answer; reply2[to] respond; react3answer; responseกำกวมgam guuamกำกวมgam guuamambiguous; equivocal; vagueจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofผมpŏmผมpŏm1I; me (male speaker, polite)2hair (on the head)คาใจkaa jaiคาใจkaa jai1[to] have something on one’s mind; be bothered by [sth]2bothered; uneasy; nagging on one’s mindไม่สบายใจmâi sà-baai jaiไม่สบายใจmâi sà-baai jai1uneasy; worried; troubled2[to] feel uneasy/worried (about [sth])ตั้งแต่dtâng dtàeตั้งแต่dtâng dtàe1from; since (starting point)2from X to Yกลับบ้านglàp bâanกลับบ้านglàp bâan[to] go (back) home; return homeมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect marker
He answered so vaguely that it nagged at me and I’ve felt uneasy since I got home.
2NounB2
[to] have something on one’s mind; be bothered by [sth]
to be unable to let go of a thought or doubt; to dwell on something that feels unresolved
Examples
เรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3about; regarding (as a topic marker)4classifier for stories/films/casesที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotครูkruuครูkruu1teacher2master; mentor (respectful)3teacher (classifier; formal)พูดpôotพูดpôot1[to] speak; talk2[to] say; speak3[to] tell; talk aboutเมื่อวานmêuua waanเมื่อวานmêuua waan1yesterday (the day before today)2yesterday; yesterday (as an adverb)ยังyangยังyang1not yet (with ไม่)2yet? (question use)3still; continuing4still/even (emphatic degree)คาใจkaa jaiคาใจkaa jai1[to] have something on one’s mind; be bothered by [sth]2bothered; uneasy; nagging on one’s mindฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)อยู่yòoอยู่yòo1to be (located); be at2progressive/continuative marker3[to] live; reside; stay4to exist; remainเลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)อยากyàakอยากyàak1[to] want; desire2to crave; to long forถามtăamถามtăam1[to] ask; inquire2[to] question; interrogate3[to] ask about; consultให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitหายhăaiหายhăai1[to] disappear; be gone2be missing; lost3[to] recover; get better4[to] stop; cease (of a symptom/state)สงสัยsŏng săiสงสัยsŏng săi1[to] doubt; be uncertain2[to] suspect3doubt; suspicion4I wonder…; perhaps (colloq.)
What the teacher said yesterday is still on my mind, so I want to ask to clear up my doubts.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
ติดอยู่ในใจtìt yòo nai jaiติดอยู่ในใจtìt yòo nai jai1[to] stick in [sb]'s mind/heart; [to] be unforgettable2[to] weigh on [sb]'s mind; [to] bother [sb]
- [to] stick in [sb]'s mind/heart; [to] be unforgettable
- [to] weigh on [sb]'s mind; [to] bother [sb]
ติดค้างในใจdtìt káang nai jaiติดค้างในใจdtìt káang nai jai[to] have [sth] on one's mind
[to] have [sth] on one's mind
รู้สึกค้างคาrúu-sùek káang kaaรู้สึกค้างคาrúu-sùek káang kaa1[to] feel unresolved; feel something left hanging2[to] have lingering feelings
- [to] feel unresolved; feel something left hanging
- [to] have lingering feelings
รู้สึกคาใจróo-sùek kaa jaiรู้สึกคาใจróo-sùek kaa jai[to] have lingering doubts; [to] feel unsettled
[to] have lingering doubts; [to] feel unsettled
ค้างคาใจkáang kaa jaiค้างคาใจkáang kaa jai1unresolved in mind; weighing on one’s mind2[to] weigh on [sb]’s mind
- unresolved in mind; weighing on one’s mind
- [to] weigh on [sb]’s mind
Word Breakdown
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คาใจkaa jaiคาใจkaa jaibothered; uneasy; nagging on one’s mind