誰が
Japanese
Etymology 1
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誰 |
だれ Grade: S |
kun'yomi |
誰 (dare, “who”) + が (ga, nominative marker)
Phrase
誰が • (dare ga)
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term |
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誰 |
た Grade: S |
kun'yomi |
誰 (ta, “who”, archaic pronoun) + が (ga, nominative marker)
Phrase
誰が • (ta ga)
Etymology 3
Kanji in this term |
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誰 |
た Grade: S |
kun'yomi |
Old Japanese [Term?], from 誰 (ta, “who”, archaic pronoun) + が (ga, archaic genitive marker). 誰 took the reading tare as a free morpheme, but ta if followed by ga. Compare 我が (aga, waga, “my”) and 汝が (naga, “your”).
Phrase
誰が • (taga)
- (literary) synonym of 誰の (dare no, “whose”)
- 誰がために鐘は鳴る
- Taga Tame ni Kane wa Naru
- For Whom the Bell Tolls
- (literally, “For Whose Sake Does the Bell Toll?”)
- 2018, Mafumafu, “朧月 [Hazy Moon]”:
- 今宵は誰がために踊るのでしょう
霞む 私は朧月
手繰り寄せる 朱殷の糸口よ
貴方に続けと願う- Koyoi wa taga tame ni odoru no deshō
Kasumu watashi wa oborozuki
Taguriyoseru shuan no itoguchi yo
Anata ni tsuzuke to negau - For whom will I dance tonight?
I'm a hazy moon that's growing dim
The dark-red ends of the threads are reeling in
I wish they'll connect me with you
- Koyoi wa taga tame ni odoru no deshō
- 2019, Mafumafu, “曼珠沙華 [Red Spider Lily]”:
- 誰がために鐘は鳴る