"やわら" meaning in Japanese

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Adverb

IPA: [ja̠ɰᵝa̠ɾa̠] Forms: yawara [romanization], yafara [romanization], やはら [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Derivation unclear. There are two main theories. * May be a phonetic shift from older term やおら (yaora, adverb) of very similar meaning. That term is regarded as having the derivational historical kana spelling of やをら, yielding this likely development: : /jawora/ → /jawara/ * May instead be cognate with 柔ら (yawara, “gentle, supple”, adjective) below. That term has the derivational historical kana spelling of やはら, yielding this development: : /japara/ → /jaɸara/ → /jawara/ Notably, the derivationally correct historical kana spellings for this term やわら (yawara) are uncertain. * If やわら (yawara) is cognate with 柔ら (yawara), the historical kana spelling for やわら would be やはら. * If やわら (yawara) is from やおら (yaora), the historical kana spelling for やわら would be やわら. However, the derivation of synonym やおら (yaora) and its historical kana spelling is similarly unclear, and やおら (yaora) itself may ultimately be cognate with 柔ら (yawara). Further research is required. Regardless of derivation, this term was already pronounced as yawara by 1603, as noted in the Nippo Jisho Japanese-Portuguese dictionary published that year. First cited in the Utsubo Monogatari of roughly 999. Etymology templates: {{ja-r|やおら|pos=adverb}} やおら (yaora, adverb), {{ja-r|やわら}} やわら (yawara), {{ja-r|やわら}} やわら (yawara), {{ja-r|やわら}} やわら (yawara), {{ja-r|やおら}} やおら (yaora), {{ja-r|やおら}} やおら (yaora), {{ja-r|やおら}} やおら (yaora) Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb|hhira=やはら}} やわら • (yawara) ^(←やはら (yafara)?)
  1. gently, leisurely, slowly
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for やわら meaning in Japanese (3.9kB)

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