"かしら" meaning in Japanese

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Particle

IPA: [ka̠ ɕiɾa̠] Forms: ka shira [romanization]
Etymology: Apocopic shift from かしらん (ka shiran), in turn from か (ka, question particle: “if, whether, ?”) + しらぬ (shiranu, “to not know”, classical negative form of 知る (shiru, “to know”)). Literally means “don't know whether...” Etymology templates: {{ja-r|か しらん|linkto=}} かしらん (ka shiran), {{ja-r|か|pos=question particle: “if, whether, ?”}} か (ka, question particle: “if, whether, ?”), {{m|ja|知る||to know|tr=shiru}} 知る (shiru, “to know”), {{m|ja|知る|しらぬ|to not know|pos=classical negative form of <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">知る</i> (shiru, “to know”)|tr=shiranu}} しらぬ (shiranu, “to not know”, classical negative form of 知る (shiru, “to know”)) Head templates: {{ja-pos|particle|か しら}} かしら • (ka shira)
  1. (women's speech)
    I wonder
    Sense id: en-かしら-ja-particle-xljIPQAc
  2. (women's speech)
    interrogative particle
    Tags: interrogative, particle
    Sense id: en-かしら-ja-particle-FN7~~H8G Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese particles, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese particles: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for かしら meaning in Japanese (3.3kB)

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        "tr": "shiranu"
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      "expansion": "しらぬ (shiranu, “to not know”, classical negative form of 知る (shiru, “to know”))",
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        {
          "english": "I wonder if he's a suspicious person.",
          "roman": "Kare wa ayashii hito ka shira.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "彼",
              "かれ"
            ],
            [
              "怪",
              "あや"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "ひと"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "彼は怪しい人かしら。"
        }
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        {
          "english": "I wonder if you have heard of that? / Perhaps you've heard of that?",
          "roman": "Go zon ji ka shira?",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "存",
              "ぞん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "ご存じかしら?"
        },
        {
          "english": "Someone or other will probably move into that house.",
          "roman": "Dare ka shira ano ie ni hikkoshite kuru darō.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "誰",
              "だれ"
            ],
            [
              "家",
              "いえ"
            ],
            [
              "引",
              "ひ"
            ],
            [
              "越",
              "こ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "誰かしらあの家に引っ越してくるだろう。"
        }
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      "ipa": "[ka̠ ɕiɾa̠]"
    }
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  "wikipedia": [
    "Daijisen#Online_search_engines",
    "ja:大辞林",
    "ja:松村明"
  ],
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          "ruby": [
            [
              "彼",
              "かれ"
            ],
            [
              "怪",
              "あや"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "ひと"
            ]
          ],
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        }
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "I wonder if you have heard of that? / Perhaps you've heard of that?",
          "roman": "Go zon ji ka shira?",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "存",
              "ぞん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "ご存じかしら?"
        },
        {
          "english": "Someone or other will probably move into that house.",
          "roman": "Dare ka shira ano ie ni hikkoshite kuru darō.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "誰",
              "だれ"
            ],
            [
              "家",
              "いえ"
            ],
            [
              "引",
              "ひ"
            ],
            [
              "越",
              "こ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "誰かしらあの家に引っ越してくるだろう。"
        }
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        "interrogative particle"
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      "ipa": "[ka̠ ɕiɾa̠]"
    }
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    "Daijisen#Online_search_engines",
    "ja:大辞林",
    "ja:松村明"
  ],
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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
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