ら

• IPA^(key): [ɾa̠]

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Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 良 in the cursive sōsho style.

ら (romaji ra)

1. The hiragana syllable ら (ra). Its equivalent in katakana is ラ (ra). It is the thirty-ninth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is ら行あ段 (ra-gyō a-dan, “row ra, section a”).

• (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, ゆゅ, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ

From Old Japanese. Verb conjugation ending.

ら (rōmaji -ra)

1. (colloquial) imperfective form of the suffix る.

Reading of various kanji.

ら (rōmaji -ra)

1. 等: pluralizing suffix, as in 彼等, そこら. Usually spelled in hiragana.

• 達 (たち, ​tachi)
• 供 (ども, ​domo)