ほら

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Interjection

ほら • (hora) 

  1. used to draw the listener's attention
    ほら、見(み)て！ ― Hora, mite! ― Hey, look at this!
    ほら、これを持(も)って行(い)け。 ― Hora, kore o motte ike. ― Now take this and go.
    ほら、言(い)っただろ？ ― Hora, itta daro? ― I told you so, didn't I?

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of ほら – see the following entries.
【洞】S
[noun] cave
【法螺】
[noun] boasting
(This term, ほら (hora), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as ほら, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ほら.

References

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