"ああ" meaning in Japanese

See ああ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: [a̠ː] Forms: ā [romanization]
Etymology: Duplication of distal demonstrative pronoun あ (a, “that, yon”). Etymology templates: {{m|ja|あ#Etymology 5|あ|that, yon|tr=a}} あ (a, “that, yon”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb}} ああ • (ā)
  1. in that other way Synonyms: あの様に Derived forms: ああ言えばこう言う (ā ieba kō iu) (ruby: (), ()) Related terms: こう () (english: in this way), そう () (english: in that way), どう () (english: in which way)
    Sense id: en-ああ-ja-adv-zcuzj38L Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 75 4 5 8 3 4 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 48 8 10 19 9 5 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 65 6 7 12 5 5 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 65 7 7 12 5 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 65 7 7 12 5 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Interjection

IPA: [a̠ː] Forms: ā [romanization]
Etymology: Duplication of interjection あ (a). Compare English ah. Etymology templates: {{m|ja|あ#Etymology 2|あ|tr=a}} あ (a), {{ncog|en|ah}} English ah Head templates: {{ja-pos|interjection}} ああ • (ā)
  1. oh!, ah!
    expresses surprise
    Sense id: en-ああ-ja-intj-D5nowept
  2. oh!, ah!
    expresses affirmation
    Sense id: en-ああ-ja-intj-L9F4qQ3h
  3. oh!, ah!
    used to call attention
    Sense id: en-ああ-ja-intj-25IxRdTD
  4. oh!, ah!
    expresses a grunt or pain
    Sense id: en-ああ-ja-intj-4Y-O3mBL
  5. (colloquial) expresses a calm positive response: yeah Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-ああ-ja-intj-aNPWst1a
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 噫無情 (Ā Mujō) (ruby: (ああ), (), (じょう)) Related terms: ええ (ē) (english: yeah)
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for ああ meaning in Japanese (4.1kB)

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          "english": "in this way",
          "roman": "kō",
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        {
          "english": "in that way",
          "roman": "sō",
          "word": "そう"
        },
        {
          "english": "in which way",
          "roman": "dō",
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          "call",
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          "attention",
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          "english": "Yeah, precisely.",
          "roman": "ā, sono tōri da.",
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          "yeah",
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      "tags": [
        "Kyoto"
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      "tags": [
        "Kyoto"
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      "english": "in this way",
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      "word": "こう"
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      "english": "in that way",
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      "word": "そう"
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      "english": "in which way",
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