Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
あら
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

From Old Japanese. Attested in the Man'yōshū, completed in 759.[1]

Derived as a compound of (ara, from 生る (aru, to come into being), cognate also with 有り (ari, to exist, the Old and classical Japanese copula), 現れる (arawareru, to appear, to become manifest), (ara, rough, unfinished), numerous other terms) +‎ (ta, suffix indicating state). The core meaning seems to have been "freshly coming into being", and by extension, new.[2]

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

(あら) (arata-na (adnominal (あら) (arata na), adverbial (あら) (arata ni))

  1. [from 700s] (formal, literary) new, novel
    Synonym: 新しい (atarashii)
  2. [from late 800s] fresh
  3. [from late 1300s] renewed
  4. [from early 1000s] : efficacious

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References edit

  1. ^ 新た”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN