Wiktionary

ハレルヤ

Japanese edit

 ハレルヤ on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology edit

From Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (hal'luyáh, “praise God”).

Pronunciation edit

Interjection edit

ハレルヤ • (hareruya) 

  1. hallelujah (exclamation to praise God)

Usage notes edit

  • Invoked frequently in popular Japanese culture probably because of homophony to 晴(は)れるや (hareru ya, “the skies will clear”).

References edit

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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