ら

See also: ち

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 (romaji ra)

1. 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

• (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

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Japanese. Verb conjugation ending.

Suffix

ら • (-ra) 

1. (colloquial) imperfective form of the suffix る.

Etymology 3

Reading of various kanji.

Suffix

ら • (-ra) 

1. 等: pluralizing suffix, as in 彼等, そこら. Usually spelled in hiragana.

Synonyms

• 達 (たち, ​tachi)
• 供 (ども, ​domo)