"はて" meaning in Japanese

See はて in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: [ha̠te̞] Forms: hate [romanization]
Etymology: Attested from the Edo Period (1603-1868). Etymology templates: {{ja-see|果て|涯}}, {{onomatopoeia|ja|nocap=1}} onomatopoeic Head templates: {{ja-pos|interjection}} はて • (hate)
  1. dear me, wait a minute, well (at the start of a sentence), let me see Wikipedia link: Edo Period
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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          "english": "Well, will it be possible to get rope now?",
          "ref": "1942, Sasano Ken, editor, Nō kyōgen: Ōkura Torahiro-bon [Kyogen works of Okura Torahiro], page 160:",
          "roman": "Hate, ima kara nawa o nafute aida ni afu mono ka.",
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              "あ"
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          "well",
          "well"
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          "let me see",
          "let me see"
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          "wait a minute",
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          "let me see",
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Download raw JSONL data for はて meaning in Japanese (1.7kB)

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