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Derived in theHeian period from writing theman'yōgana kanji波 in thecursivesōsho style.[1][2]
は• (ha)
- Thehiragana syllableは(ha). Its equivalent inkatakana isハ(ha). It is the twenty-sixth syllable in thegojūon order; its position isは行あ段(ha-gyō a-dan,“rowha, sectiona”).
- (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,𛀆,ゆゅ,𛀁,よょ,ら,り,る,れ,ろ,わゎ,ゐ,𛄟(𛄟),ゑ,を,ん,ー,ゝ,ゞ,ゟ
/pa/ →/ɸa/ →/wa/
FromOld Japanese. Used in the oldest Japanese writings, including theMan'yōshū finished some time after 759 CE.[1][2] Ultimately fromProto-Japonic*pa.
The particle was excluded from the post-warscript reform, rather than changed toわ(wa), which would be more phonetically accurate.
は• (wa)
- marks thetopic of the clause, sentence, or conversation
- Antonym:も
- これは犬です。
- Korewa inu desu.
- This is a dog.
- (literally, “As for this,[it] is[a] dog.”)
- 今日は雨が降っています。
- Kyōwa ame ga futteimasu.
- It is raining today.
- (literally, “On the topic of today, rain is falling.”)
- (by extension)what about,how about,and(used without a predicate to ask for more information about something)
- 中田は？
- Nakadawa?
- Where's Nakada?
- (literally, “What about Nakada?”)
- じゃ、意味は？
- Ja, imiwa?
- So, what's the meaning?
- (literally, “Well,how about the meaning?”)
- Inserted between two verbs for emphasis.
- そう思ってはいないでしょうか。
- Sō omottewa inai deshō ka.
- Do you not think so?
- 勝てるとは思ってはいない
- kateru to wa omottewa inai
- does not think that one can win
- 現れては消えた
- arawaretewa kieta
- disappeared as soon as it appeared
- Note that English has no direct counterpart. For illustrative purposes, it may be translated as "as for", "speaking of", or a similar phrase. For example, "As for this, it is a dog". This often does not produce very natural English, however.
- When inserted between two verbs for emphasis,は is usually used with negatives and after aて(te) form. This has given rise toではない(de wa nai), the now standard negative form ofだ(da).
- も(mo) vsは(wa): seeも(mo).
- は always replacesを(o) andが(ga), but may follow other particles.
は• (ha)
- (dated, humble)Used to show agreement or obedience:yes
- は、さようでございます。
- Ha, sayō de gozaimasu.
- Yes, exactly.
- は、承知いたしました。
- Ha, shōchi itashimashita.
- Yes, as you wish.
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- [noun](typography) a unit equal to 1Q(kyū) and 0.25 mm, abbreviated as H;ha is used for spacing, while Q is used for font size
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(This term,は(ha), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read asは, seeCategory:Japanese kanji read as は. |
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