かたわら

Japanese edit

Alternative spellings
傍ら (most common) 傍側ら側旁脇

Etymology edit

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “There are two possible etymologies:

片(かた) (kata) + 端(は) (ha) + ら (ra, a suffix)(From Kōjien)
Alteration from katahara (片腹, “side of the belly, one's sides”, from 片(かた) (kata) + 腹(はら) (hara)), coming to mean “the side of something”.”

The adverb is derived from sense 5 of the noun.^[1]

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) かたわら [kàtáwárá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) かたわら [kàtáwáráꜜ] (Odaka – [4])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ka̠ta̠ɰᵝa̠ɾa̠]

Adverb edit

かたわら • (katawara) ^{←かたはら (katafara)^?}

in addition, besides, while

Noun edit

かたわら • (katawara) ^{←かたはら (katafara)^?}

the side of something
Synonyms: 端, 脇, 横腹
a person nearby
the area nearby; vicinity
Synonym: そば
a remote partially built-up area along a major highway
in addition to…, while doing…, on the other hand…
Synonym: 合間

勤(つと)めのかたわら、絵(え)を描(か)く。
Tsutome no katawara, e o kaku.
In addition to working, I also draw.

勉(べん)強(きょう)に精(せい)出(だ)すかたわら、体(からだ)も鍛(きた)える。
Benkyō ni seidasu katawara, karada mo kitaeru.
In addition to working hard for my studies, I also train my body.

Usage notes edit

(in addition to): かたわら can be after a noun with の, or a verb in its 連体形(れんたいけい) (rentaikei, “attributive form”). The verb after かたわら is an additional, less emphasised action or habit compared to the action before.

References edit

Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] 2.0 ^2.1 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

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