"ラー" meaning in Japanese

See ラー in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [ɾa̠ː] Forms: Rā [romanization]
Etymology: Ultimately from Egyptian rꜥ. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|egy|rꜥ}} Egyptian rꜥ Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper}} ラー • (Rā)
  1. (Egyptian mythology) Ra, the sun god Tags: Egyptian Synonyms: レー
    Sense id: en-ラー-ja-name-9NPpkKvZ Categories (other): Egyptian deities, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese katakana, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 45 55 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 68 32 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 70 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

IPA: [ɾa̠ː] Forms: -rā [romanization]
Etymology: Ultimately from English -er, as a reanalysis of the suffix from シャネラー (shanerā, “a "Chaneler": someone who loves Chanel”), shifting from the expected ā from English -er, to also include the consonant as rā, in accordance with Japanese phonological rules. Etymology templates: {{borrowed|ja|en|-er}} English -er, {{cog|en|-er}} English -er Head templates: {{ja-pos|suffix}} ラー • (-rā)
  1. (colloquial) supporter, lover. Tags: colloquial, morpheme
    Sense id: en-ラー-ja-suffix-cCoxGWm~ Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese katakana Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 45 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_text": "Ultimately from Egyptian rꜥ.",
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  ],
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    "Daijirin",
    "Daijisen",
    "ja:松村明"
  ],
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        "(colloquial) supporter, lover."
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Download raw JSONL data for ラー meaning in Japanese (3.2kB)

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  "path": [
    "ラー"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "ラー",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
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  ],
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-05-29 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-20 using wiktextract (e937b02 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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