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Etymology

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The character with a handakuten.

Pronunciation

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Syllable

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ら゚ (la

  1. (nonstandard, linguistics) The hiragana syllable ら゚ (la). Its equivalent in katakana is ラ゚ (la).

Usage notes

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[l] is an allophonic variation of /r/ in Japanese. This character is not used in standard Japanese, but instead for distinction between the two allophonic variations by Japanese linguists.

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