はっ

Japanese

Pronunciation

Interjection

はっ • (ha'

  1. understood!
    Synonym: はい (hai)
    • 1968, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, To Shishun [Tu Tzu-ch’un]‎[1]:
      (おに)どもは(いつ)(せい)に「はつ」と(こた)へながら、(てつ)(むち)をとつて()(あが)ると、 []
      Oni-domo wa issei ni "ha'" to kotaenagara, tetsu no muchi o totte tachiageru to, []
      The ogres answered in unison:— "Understood!" — and rising to their feet with steel whips in their hands []

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN