柔ら

Japanese
Kanji in this term
柔
やわ
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
和ら
軟ら

Etymology

⟨yapara⟩ → /jaɸara/ → /jawara/

From Old Japanese.

The stem yawa- is cognate with 柔柔 (yawayawa, “soft feeling”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) やわら [yàwárá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ja̠ɰᵝa̠ɾa̠]

Adjective

柔(やわ)ら • (yawara) ←やはら (yafara)?

  1. something fragile, soft, or supple
  2. something calm or gentle

Derived terms

Noun

柔(やわ)ら • (yawara) ←やはら (yafara)?

  1. a martial art involving gentleness, such as judo or jujitsu
  2. (nautical) a kind of straw ball dropped near the boat's side, used to reduce impact

See also

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

Old Japanese

Etymology

From やは (yapa-, stem meaning “gentle, soft”) +‎ 等 (-ra, nominalizing and pluralizing suffix).

Noun

柔ら (yapara) (kana やはら)

  1. something fragile, soft, or supple

Derived terms
  • 根柔ら小菅 (ne yapara ko1suge2)

Descendants
  • Japanese: 柔ら (yawara)
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