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Japanese
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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 • (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
| The Hiragana script | ||||||||||
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| あぁ あ゙ |
かゕ がか゚ |
さ ざさ゚ |
た だた゚ |
な | は ばぱ |
ま | やゃ | ら゚ |
わゎ わ゙ |
ん ん゙ |
| いぃ い゙ |
き ぎき゚ |
し じし゚ |
ち ぢち゚ |
に | ひ びぴ |
み | 𛀆 | り り゚ |
ゐ𛅐 ゐ゙ |
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| うぅ ゔう゚ |
く ぐく゚ |
す ずす゚ |
つっ づつ゚ |
ぬ | ふ ぶぷ |
む | ゆゅ | る る゚ |
𛄟 | |
| えぇ え゙ |
けゖ げけ゚ |
せ ぜせ゚ |
て でて゚ |
ね | へ べぺ |
め | 𛀁 | れ れ゚ |
ゑ𛅑 ゑ゙ |
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| おぉ お゙ |
こ𛄲 ごこ゚ |
そ ぞそ゚ |
と どと゚ |
の | ほ ぼぽ |
も | よょ | ろ ろ゚ |
を𛅒 を゙ |
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| Additional symbols: ーゝゞゝ゚ゟ | ||||||||||
Etymology 2
From Old Japanese. Verb conjugation ending.
Suffix
ら • (-ra)
- (colloquial) imperfective form of the suffix る.
Etymology 3
| For pronunciation and definitions of ら – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, ら (ra), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as ら, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ら.) |