ら
See also: ち
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɾa̠]
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Etymology 1
Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 良 in the cursive sōsho style.
Syllable
ら (romaji ra)
- 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”).
See also
- (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, ゆゅ, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ
Etymology 2
From Old Japanese. Verb conjugation ending.
Suffix
ら (rōmaji -ra)
- (colloquial) imperfective form of the suffix る.
Etymology 3
Reading of various kanji.
Suffix
ら (rōmaji -ra)
- 等: pluralizing suffix, as in 彼等, そこら. Usually spelled in hiragana.
Synonyms
- 達 (たち, tachi)
- 供 (ども, domo)