帰羅

Japanese

FWOTD – 4 May 2022

Kanji in this term
帰	羅
き Grade: 2	ら Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
歸羅 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Appears to be a coinage in Japanese from components derived from Middle Chinese, as a compound of 帰 (ki, “return”) +‎ 羅 (ra, clipping of dated term 羅府 (Rafu, “Los Angeles”)).

Date of first appearance uncertain, but likely some time after the 1894 coinage of 羅府 (Rafu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʲiɾa̠]

Noun

帰(き)羅(ら) • (kira) ^{←きら (kira)?}

1. (dated) return to Los Angeles
   • 1906, “泉田開教師の帰羅”, in 羅府仏教会々報:

     泉(いずみ)田(だ)開(かい)教(けう)師(し)の帰(き)羅(ら)

     Izumida-kaikyōshi no kira

     the return of Reverend Izumida to Los Angeles

   • 1960, 南加州日本人七十年史 [Japanese in Southern California: "A History of 70 Years"], page 225:

     一(いち)番(ばん)乗(の)りにて帰(き)羅(ら)

     ichibannori nite kira

     returned to Los Angeles ahead of others

Verb

帰(き)羅(ら)する • (kira suru) ^{←きら (kira)?}suru (stem 帰(き)羅(ら)し (kira shi), past 帰(き)羅(ら)した (kira shita))

1. (dated) to return to Los Angeles
   • 1929 June 2, 日米 (Nichibei)‎^[1], number 10629, page 2:

     ニユーヨークから歸(き)羅(ら)した

     Nyūyōku kara kira shita

     returned to Los Angeles from New York

Conjugation

Conjugation of "帰羅する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	帰羅し	きらし	kira shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	帰羅し	きらし	kira shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	帰羅する	きらする	kira suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	帰羅する	きらする	kira suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	帰羅すれ	きらすれ	kira sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	帰羅せよ¹ 帰羅しろ²	きらせよ¹ きらしろ²	kira seyo¹ kira shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	帰羅される	きらされる	kira sareru
Causative	帰羅させる 帰羅さす	きらさせる きらさす	kira saseru kira sasu
Potential	帰羅できる	きらできる	kira dekiru
Volitional	帰羅しよう	きらしよう	kira shiyō
Negative	帰羅しない	きらしない	kira shinai
Negative continuative	帰羅せず	きらせず	kira sezu
Formal	帰羅します	きらします	kira shimasu
Perfective	帰羅した	きらした	kira shita
Conjunctive	帰羅して	きらして	kira shite
Hypothetical conditional	帰羅すれば	きらすれば	kira sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative