あら

See also: あち, あろ, and Appendix:Variations of "ara"

Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Interjection

あら • (ara) 

  1. (chiefly women's speech) oh; ah
    • 1997 December 12, Abiko, Miwa, “みかん・絵日記特別編　吐夢と不思議な猫 [Mikan Picture Diary Special: Tom and the Mysterious Cat]”, in みかん・絵日記 [Mikan Picture Diary], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Hakusensha, page 13:
      あら猫(ねこ)さん？あのっ帰(かえ)っちゃうの？
      Ara neko-san? Anokkaetchau no?
      Hey kitty? Will you ever come back?
Synonyms
See also

Etymology 2

    Alternative spellings
    荒
    粗

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    あら or アラ • (ara) ←あら (ara)?

    1. leftovers from filleting a fish
      魚(さかな)のアラで作(つく)るスープ
      sakana no ara de tsukuru sūpu
      soup made from fish scraps

    Prefix

    あら • (ara-) ←あら (ara-)?

    1. rough
    2. unprocessed; raw

    Etymology 3

    For pronunciation and definitions of あら – see the following entries.
    【𩺊】H
    [noun] Niphon spinosus
    Alternative spelling
    アラ
    【新】2
    [prefix] new
    [prefix] unused
    [prefix] natural
    [proper noun] a surname
    (This term, あら (ara), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
    For a list of all kanji read as あら, see Category:Japanese kanji read as あら.

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

    Miyako

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /aɾa/

    Noun

    あら (ara) 

    1. husk; empty fruit

    References

    • “アラ” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Miyako Dialect Dictionary.
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