やから

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings

From () (ya, house) + (から) (kara, kinship).

Nippo Jisho recorded a dialectal sence as "someone who complains or provokes a dispute".

1603 – 1604, Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam (Nippo Jisho) (in Portuguese):
¶ Item, Yacara. l, yacaramono. Hombre vidriado, y que por nada arma contiendas.
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Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) から [yàkárá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ja̠ka̠ɾa̠]

Noun

やから • (yakara

  1. : (etymology, archaic, obsolete) people of the same lineage; family, clan, kin
  2. : (chiefly derogatory) same kind people; a set, a lot, fellows
    Synonyms: 連中 (renchū), 奴等 (yatsura), (to)
    ()(てい)(やから)futei no yakaralawless people
  3. (dialectal) dissatisfaction, complaint, or someone who complains or provokes a dispute [from early 17th c.]
    あんやたぁ、()むと、やからんじょう()
    an yatā, nomuto, yakara njō iu
    That guy always complains when he gets drunk. (Ōita dialect)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ja̠ ka̠ɾa̠]

Conjunction

やから • (ya kara

  1. dialect form of だから (da kara)

References

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