"いろは" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

Forms: iroha [romanization]
Etymology: ⟨iro₂ha⟩: */irəjpa/ → /iropa/ → /irofa/ → /iroha/ From Old Japanese. Compound of いろ (iro, “kinship, same family”) + は (ha, cognate with 母 (haha, “mother”)). Etymology templates: {{IPAfont|⟨iro₂ha⟩}} ⟨iro₂ha⟩, {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{compound|ja|いろ|は|pos2=cognate with <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">母</i> (haha, “mother”)|t1=kinship, same family|tr1=iro|tr2=ha}} いろ (iro, “kinship, same family”) + は (ha, cognate with 母 (haha, “mother”)) Head templates: {{ja-noun}} いろは • (iroha)
  1. mother Synonyms: 母, お母さん Derived forms: いろはのイ (iroha no i)
    Sense id: en-いろは-ja-noun-zwYi7ypm
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: iroha [romanization]
Etymology: From a pangrammatic poem written in the mid-Heian period. The earliest textual reference is from 1079 CE. Head templates: {{ja-noun}} いろは • (iroha)
  1. a traditional ordering system for kana
    Sense id: en-いろは-ja-noun--WU8cFR4 Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 2 52 47 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 2 55 43 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 2 47 51
  2. (dated) the rudiments, the fundamentals, the basics (of a subject), the ABCs Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-いろは-ja-noun-mtOXJlxy Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 2 41 58 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 2 52 47 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 2 47 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 34 60 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 17 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

soft-redirect

  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-いろは-ja-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for いろは meaning in Japanese (3.2kB)

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  "title": "いろは",
  "trace": ""
}

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