Use of せんかい in this sentence?


The line reads

> 一礼せんかい

The translation should be something like "where is your bow?" or "you
should/must bow" but I have never seen **せんかい** used in that way before. The
only thing I can possibly think of is that せんかい is **千回** and is actually
emphasizing the importance of the bow but just wanted to check if there's
something else I'm missing?




It’s a western dialect. In Kansai-ben it is pronounced せんかい【HHHL】. せんかえ【HHHL】
is another variant. In standard Japanese it would correspond to しないか【LHLL】
with a strong demanding tone, and it basically means しろ（よ）.

This かい is different from the かい in the question linked from the other answer,
which is used to soften a question.

* * *

Some standard Japanese speakers, particularly men of a certain age or above,
might say せんか【HLL】.




It’s a western dialect. In Kansai-ben it is pronounced せんかい【HHHL】. せんかえ【HHHL】
is another variant. In standard Japanese it would correspond to しないか【LHLL】
with a strong demanding tone, and it basically means しろ（よ）.

This かい is different from the かい in the question linked from the other answer,
which is used to soften a question.

* * *

Some standard Japanese speakers, particularly men of a certain age or above,
might say せんか【HLL】.

