は
Japanese
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Etymology 1
Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 波 in the cursive sōsho style.[1][2]
Pronunciation
Syllable
は (romaji ha)
- The hiragana syllable は (ha). Its equivalent in katakana is ハ (ha). It is the twenty-sixth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is は行あ段 (ha-gyō a-dan, “row ha, section a”).
Derived terms
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, こ𛄲 (𛄲)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, 𛀆, ゆゅ, 𛀁, よょ, らら゚, りり゚, るる゚, れれ゚, ろろ゚, わゎわ゙, ゐ𛅐 (𛅐)ゐ゙, 𛄟 (𛄟), ゑ𛅑 (𛅑)ゑ゙, を𛅒 (𛅒)を゙, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ
Etymology 2
/pa/ → /ɸa/ → /wa/
From Old Japanese. Used in the oldest Japanese writings, including the Man'yōshū finished some time after 759 CE.[1][2] Ultimately from Proto-Japonic *pa.
The spelling was preserved as は (usually read as ha) in the script reform, rather than changed to わ (wa) as would otherwise be expected from the phonetics.
Pronunciation
Particle
- a particle that acts as a topic marker
- Inserted between て (te) and a negative suffix for emphasis.
- (preceded by a verb in the continuative form and followed by しない) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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.- Synonym: や (ya)
- 1975, “(deprecated template usage) 眠れぬ夜”, (deprecated template usage) 小田和正 (lyrics), performed by (deprecated template usage) オフコース:
- This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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.- 現れては消えた
- arawarete wa kieta
- disappeared as soon as it appeared
- 現れては消えた
Usage notes
Note that English has no direct counterpart. For illustrative purposes, it may be translated as "as for", "speaking of", or a similar phrase. For example, "As for this, it is a dog". This often does not produce very natural English, however.
Derived terms
See also
- が (ga): the subject marker
Further reading
- は as a Japanese topic marker on Wikipedia
Etymology 3
The reading of various kanji terms.
Pronunciation
Noun
- 羽: feather
- 葉: leaf
- 歯: tooth
- 端: edge
- 刃: blade edge
- 翳: (historical) in ancient times, a kind of fan used by servants to shield the face of nobles
- 派: group, faction, sect
- 破: (music) a slower break or section in the middle of a piece of gagaku music
- 覇: supremacy, hegemony
References
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