やら

やら • (yara)  (informal)

1. (adverbial)
   1. marks indefiniteness

      Synonym: か (ka)

      何(なに)やら白(しろ)い物(もの)が浮(う)いている。

      Nani yara shiroi mono ga uiteiru .

      There seems to be something white floating (there).

   2. (with と (to)) used to hedge; or something

      Synonym: でも (demo)

      佐藤(さとう)とやら言(い)うやつ ― Satō to yara iu yatsu ― a guy called Satō or something

2. (parallel-marking) used to express a nonexhaustive list

   Synonym: や (ya)

3. (final) used to ask oneself a question; I wonder…

   Synonyms: かな (kana), かしら (kashira)

   どこ行(い)ったやら…。 ― Doko itta yara…. ― I wonder where it went…

やら • (yara) 

1. imperfective of やる (yaru) [godan]