"ら" meaning in Japanese

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Suffix

IPA: [ɾa̠] Forms: -ra [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. Verb conjugation ending. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=ら}} Old Japanese Head templates: {{ja-pos|suffix}} ら • (-ra)
  1. (colloquial) imperfective form of the suffix る. Tags: colloquial, form-of, imperfective, morpheme Form of: the suffix る
    Sense id: en-ら-ja-suffix-mdBLnzoi Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Syllable

IPA: [ɾa̠] Forms: ra [romanization]
Etymology: Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 良 in the cursive sōsho style. Etymology templates: {{m|ja|良}} 良, {{ja-kana-mannyogana-etym}} Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 良 in the cursive sōsho style Head templates: {{ja-pos|syllable}} ら • (ra)
  1. The hiragana syllable ら (ra). Its equivalent in katakana is ラ (ra). It is the thirty-ninth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is ら行あ段 (ra-gyō a-dan, “row ra, section a”).
    Sense id: en-ら-ja-syllable-UptKHIUG Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 11 89 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 10 90 Related terms: あぁ, かゕがか゚, さざ, ただ, , はばぱ, , やゃ, らら゚, わゎわ゙, , いぃ, きぎき゚, しじ, ちぢ, , ひびぴ, , 𛀆, りり゚, ゐ𛅐ゐ゙, うぅゔ, くぐく゚, すず, つっづ, , ふぶぷ, , ゆゅ, るる゚, 𛄟, えぇ, けゖげけ゚, せぜ, てで, , へべぺ, , 𛀁, れれ゚, ゑ𛅑ゑ゙, おぉ, こごこ゚, そぞ, とど, , ほぼぽ, , よょ, ろろ゚, を𛅒を゙, Additional symbols ーゝゞゟ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for ら meaning in Japanese (3.7kB)

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