"柔ら" meaning in Japanese

See 柔ら in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ja̠β̞a̠ɾa̠] Forms: 柔ら [canonical] (ruby: (やわ)), yawara [romanization], yafara [romanization], やはら [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: ⟨yapara⟩ → /jaɸara/ → /jawara/ From Old Japanese. The stem yawa- is cognate with 柔柔 (yawayawa, “soft feeling”). Etymology templates: {{IPAfont|⟨yapara⟩}} ⟨yapara⟩, {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=やわら}} Old Japanese Head templates: {{ja-noun|やわら|hhira=やはら}} 柔(やわ)ら • (yawara) ^(←やはら (yafara)?)
  1. something fragile, soft, or supple
    Sense id: en-柔ら-ja-adj-w8znkrTu Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 12 17 35 35 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 22 25 24 30 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 20 16 29 34 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 19 21 27 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 11 13 37 39
  2. something calm or gentle
    Sense id: en-柔ら-ja-adj-Sd7gtCng Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 12 17 35 35 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 22 25 24 30 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 20 16 29 34 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 23 36 21 20 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 19 21 27 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 11 13 37 39
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 柔らか (yawaraka) (ruby: (やわ)), 和らぐ (yawaragu) (ruby: (やわ)), 柔ら掛かり (yawaragakari) (ruby: (やわ), ())

Noun

IPA: [ja̠β̞a̠ɾa̠] Forms: 柔ら [canonical] (ruby: (やわ)), yawara [romanization], yafara [romanization], やはら [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: ⟨yapara⟩ → /jaɸara/ → /jawara/ From Old Japanese. The stem yawa- is cognate with 柔柔 (yawayawa, “soft feeling”). Etymology templates: {{IPAfont|⟨yapara⟩}} ⟨yapara⟩, {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=やわら}} Old Japanese Head templates: {{ja-noun|やわら|hhira=やはら}} 柔(やわ)ら • (yawara) ^(←やはら (yafara)?)
  1. a martial art involving gentleness, such as judo or jujitsu
    Sense id: en-柔ら-ja-noun-~1AzMj5T Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Judo, Martial arts Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 12 17 35 35 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 22 25 24 30 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 20 16 29 34 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 19 21 27 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 11 13 37 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 8 42 43 Disambiguation of Judo: 0 0 100 0 Disambiguation of Martial arts: 3 3 91 3
  2. (nautical) a straw bale lowered over the side as a fender
    Sense id: en-柔ら-ja-noun-meqyNbHN Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Ship parts, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 12 17 35 35 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 22 25 24 30 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 20 16 29 34 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 18 22 24 36 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 19 21 27 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 11 13 37 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 8 42 43 Topics: nautical, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 柔術 (jūjutsu) (ruby: (じゅう), (じゅつ)), 柔道 (jūdō) (ruby: (じゅう), (どう))
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    {
      "other": "やわら"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ja̠β̞a̠ɾa̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "柔ら"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 柔ら meaning in Japanese (4.2kB)

{
  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <span> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "柔ら"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "柔ら",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "柔ら"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "柔ら",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <span> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "柔ら"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "柔ら",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "柔ら"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "柔ら",
  "trace": ""
}

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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