ら行

Japanese

Kanji in this term
行
ぎょう Grade: 2
goon

Alternative spellings
ラ行 羅行 良行

Etymology

ら (ra) +‎ 行 (“row”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ら​ぎょー [ráꜜgyòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɾa̠ɡʲo̞ː]

Noun

ら行(ぎょう) • (ragyō) ^{←らぎゃう (ragyau)?}

1. (phonology, orthography, grammar) the ninth row of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”), consisting of the five kana ら/ラ (ra), り/リ (ri), る/ル (ru), れ/レ (re) and ろ/ロ (ro)

   Coordinate terms: あ行, か行, さ行, た行, な行, は行, ま行, や行, わ行

   ラ行(ぎょう)上(かみ)一(いち)段(だん)/上(かみ)二(に)段(だん)/下(しも)一(いち)段(だん)/下(しも)二(に)段(だん)/四(よ)段(だん)/五(ご)段(だん)/変(へん)格(かく)活(かつ)用(よう)

   ragyō kamīchidan/kaminidan/shimoichidan/shimonidan/yodan/godan/henkaku katsuyō

   ra-row upper-monograde/upper-bigrade/lower-monograde/lower-bigrade/quadrigrade/quintigrade/irregular inflection