Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
あら
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

Adnominal of classical (あら) (arabu) (expected modern form is *(あら)びる (arabiru)).

Pronunciation edit

Adnominal edit

(あら)ぶる (araburu

  1. savage, wild, unruly

Usage notes edit

  • Formally uninflectable, but sometimes misinterpreted as a godan verb.

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