また
See also: まだ
Japanese edit
Etymology 1 edit
| Alternative spellings |
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| 又 亦 復 (literary) 也 (literary, uncommon) |
From Old Japanese, ultimately from Proto-Japonic *mata.[1] First cited to the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[2]
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
See also edit
- (not to be confused with) まだ (mada)
Conjunction edit
Derived terms edit
- またまた (matamata)
Usage notes edit
This term is often spelled in hiragana, as また.
References edit
- ^ Alexander Vovin (2020) A Descriptive and Comparative Grammar of Western Old Japanese (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 5 Japan; 16)[1], Revised, Updated and Enlarged Second Edition edition, volume 1, →ISBN, pages 1009-1012, →ISBN
- ^ “又・亦・復”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)[2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
Etymology 2 edit
| For pronunciation and definitions of また – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, また, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as また, see Category:Japanese kanji read as また.) |