やから

Japanese

Etymology

From 家(や) (ya, “house”) + 柄(から) (kara, “kinship”).

Noun

やから • (yakara) 

1. 族: (etymology, archaic, obsolete) people of the same lineage; family, clan, kin
2. 輩: (chiefly derogatory) same kind people; a set, a lot, fellows

   Synonyms: 連中 (renchū), 奴等 (yatsura), 徒 (to)

   不逞(ふてい)の輩(やから) ― futei no yakara ― lawless people

3. (dialectal) dissatisfaction, complaint, or someone who complains or provokes a dispute
   • 1603 – 1604, Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam :

     ¶ Item, Yacara. l, yacaramono. Hombre vidriado, y que por nada arma contiendas.

Related terms

• 家柄(いえがら) (iegara, “social standing of a family”)
• ガラが悪(わる)い (gara ga warui, “ill-bred, vulgar, boorish”)
• 親族(うから) (ukara, “(archaic) blood relative”)
• 輩(ともがら) (tomogara, “(archaic) friend, peer”)