"あら" meaning in Japanese

See あら in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: [a̠ɾa̠] Forms: ara [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|interjection}} あら • (ara)
  1. (chiefly women's speech) oh; ah Synonyms: あらあら (araara), あらら (arara), あらまあ (aramā), あらま (arama) Related terms: あれ (english: are)
    Sense id: en-あら-ja-intj-UWTkD4V1 Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō) Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 94 6 0 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [a̠ɾa̠] Forms: あら [canonical], アラ ^ [canonical], ara [romanization], あら [hiragana, historical], [alternative, kanji], [alternative, kanji]
Etymology templates: {{etymid|ja|荒}} Head templates: {{ja-noun|アラ|hhira=あら}} あら or アラ • (ara) ^(←あら (ara)?)
  1. leftovers from filleting a fish Related terms: 粗い (arai) (ruby: (あら)) (english: course, rough) [adjective]
    Sense id: en-あら-ja-noun-vcHmRHqQ Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese terms with Odaka pitch accent (Tōkyō) Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 100 0 0 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 0 100 0 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 0 100 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 0 100 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 100 0 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Odaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 100 0 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Prefix

IPA: [a̠ɾa̠] Forms: あら ^ [canonical], ara- [romanization], あら [hiragana, historical], [alternative, kanji], [alternative, kanji]
Etymology templates: {{etymid|ja|荒}} Head templates: {{ja-pos|prefix|hhira=あら}} あら • (ara-) ^(←あら (ara-)?)
  1. rough Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-あら-ja-prefix--BHrXFbu
  2. unprocessed, raw Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-あら-ja-prefix-jblzUV~Y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

SOFT REDIRECT

  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-あら-ja-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8

Alternative forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "lang_code": "zh",
      "roman": "ala",
      "word": "啊啦"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": "1",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ara",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "あら • (ara)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "94 6 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Hey kitty? Will you ever come back?",
          "ref": "1997 December 12, Abiko, Miwa, “みかん・絵日記特別編 吐夢と不思議な猫 [Mikan Picture Diary Special: Tom and the Mysterious Cat]”, in みかん・絵日記 [Mikan Picture Diary], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Hakusensha, page 13:",
          "roman": "Ara neko-san? Ano' kaetchau no?",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "猫",
              "ねこ"
            ],
            [
              "帰",
              "かえ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "あら猫さん?あのっ帰っちゃうの?",
          "translation": "Hey kitty? Will you ever come back?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "oh; ah"
      ],
      "id": "en-あら-ja-intj-UWTkD4V1",
      "links": [
        [
          "oh",
          "oh"
        ],
        [
          "ah",
          "ah"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "chiefly women's speech",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly women's speech) oh; ah"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "english": "are",
          "translation": "are",
          "word": "あれ"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "araara",
          "word": "あらあら"
        },
        {
          "roman": "arara",
          "word": "あらら"
        },
        {
          "roman": "aramā",
          "word": "あらまあ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "arama",
          "word": "あらま"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[a̠ɾa̠]"
    },
    {
      "other": "あら"
    },
    {
      "other": "あら"
    }
  ],
  "word": "あら"
}

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      "form": "あら",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "form": "アラ ^",
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    },
    {
      "form": "ara",
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    },
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      "roman": "ara",
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    },
    {
      "form": "荒",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "粗",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "アラ",
        "hhira": "あら"
      },
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      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 100 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100 0 0",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0 0",
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              10,
              13
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            [
              2,
              4
            ]
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            [
              20,
              26
            ]
          ],
          "english": "soup made from fish scraps",
          "roman": "sakana no ara de tsukuru sūpu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "魚",
              "さかな"
            ],
            [
              "作",
              "つく"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "魚のアラで作るスープ",
          "translation": "soup made from fish scraps",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "leftovers from filleting a fish"
      ],
      "id": "en-あら-ja-noun-vcHmRHqQ",
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          "leftover",
          "leftover"
        ],
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          "fillet",
          "fillet"
        ],
        [
          "fish",
          "fish"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "english": "course, rough",
          "roman": "arai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "粗",
              "あら"
            ]
          ],
          "tags": [
            "adjective"
          ],
          "translation": "course, rough",
          "word": "粗い"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[a̠ɾa̠]"
    },
    {
      "other": "あら"
    }
  ],
  "word": "あら"
}

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      "form": "あら ^",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "ara-",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あら",
      "roman": "ara-",
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        "hiragana",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "荒",
      "tags": [
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        "kanji"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "粗",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "kanji"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
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      ],
      "id": "en-あら-ja-prefix--BHrXFbu",
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          "rough"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
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      ],
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      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[a̠ɾa̠]"
    },
    {
      "other": "あら"
    }
  ],
  "word": "あら"
}

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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "𩺊",
    "新"
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "id": "en-あら-ja-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "あら"
}
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    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese interjections",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
    "Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "lang_code": "zh",
      "roman": "ala",
      "word": "啊啦"
    }
  ],
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      ]
    }
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  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "intj",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "are",
      "translation": "are",
      "word": "あれ"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms with quotations",
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        "Japanese women's speech terms"
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              0,
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
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            ]
          ],
          "english": "Hey kitty? Will you ever come back?",
          "ref": "1997 December 12, Abiko, Miwa, “みかん・絵日記特別編 吐夢と不思議な猫 [Mikan Picture Diary Special: Tom and the Mysterious Cat]”, in みかん・絵日記 [Mikan Picture Diary], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Hakusensha, page 13:",
          "roman": "Ara neko-san? Ano' kaetchau no?",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "猫",
              "ねこ"
            ],
            [
              "帰",
              "かえ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "あら猫さん?あのっ帰っちゃうの?",
          "translation": "Hey kitty? Will you ever come back?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "oh; ah"
      ],
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        [
          "oh",
          "oh"
        ],
        [
          "ah",
          "ah"
        ]
      ],
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        "(chiefly women's speech) oh; ah"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[a̠ɾa̠]"
    },
    {
      "other": "あら"
    },
    {
      "other": "あら"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "araara",
      "word": "あらあら"
    },
    {
      "roman": "arara",
      "word": "あらら"
    },
    {
      "roman": "aramā",
      "word": "あらまあ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "arama",
      "word": "あらま"
    }
  ],
  "word": "あら"
}

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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "アラ",
        "hhira": "あら"
      },
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    }
  ],
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      "english": "course, rough",
      "roman": "arai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "粗",
          "あら"
        ]
      ],
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        "adjective"
      ],
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      "word": "粗い"
    }
  ],
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          ],
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              2,
              4
            ]
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              26
            ]
          ],
          "english": "soup made from fish scraps",
          "roman": "sakana no ara de tsukuru sūpu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "魚",
              "さかな"
            ],
            [
              "作",
              "つく"
            ]
          ],
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          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "leftovers from filleting a fish"
      ],
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          "leftover",
          "leftover"
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          "fillet",
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[a̠ɾa̠]"
    },
    {
      "other": "あら"
    }
  ],
  "word": "あら"
}

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    "Japanese prefixes",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
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    {
      "ipa": "[a̠ɾa̠]"
    },
    {
      "other": "あら"
    }
  ],
  "word": "あら"
}

{
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "𩺊",
    "新"
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "あら"
}

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