わら

Japanese

Alternative spelling
藁

Etymology

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *wara.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) わら [wáꜜrà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [ɰᵝa̠ɾa̠]

Noun

わら • (wara)

藁: straw
- 2007, 新時代日漢辭典／新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局／大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
  
  藁(わら)で蓆(むしろ)を作(つく)る
  wara de mushiro o tsukuru
  to make a mat from straw

Derived terms

藁(わら)人(にん)形(ぎょう) (waraningyō)

Descendants

→ Ainu: ワラ (wara)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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