Japanese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian ура́ (urá).[1][2][3]

First cited in Japanese to a text from 1904.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Interjection edit

ウラー (urā

  1. [from 1904] hooray! (in the context of Russia or the Soviet Union)

Synonyms edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 ウラー”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ ウラー”, in デジタル大辞泉[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN