Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 和 in the cursive sōsho style.
わ (romaji wa)
- The hiragana syllable わ (wa). Its equivalent in katakana is ワ (wa). It is the forty-fourth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is わ行あ段 (wa-gyō a-dan, “row wa, 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.
わ • (wa)
- (women's speech) a particle used in the end of sentences to indicate admiration or emotion
- Anata no kami wa nagai wa ne!
- Wow, your hair is so long!
- Ima, iku wa.
- I'm coming.
- Shiranai wa.
- I don't know.
- In common Japanese, this particle is mainly used by women. In various dialects, particularly western, it is used by both men and women, but with a different pitch accent.
Reading for various kanji.
わ • (-wa)
- 羽: birds or rabbits
- 把: bundles
- 話: stories, TV episodes
わ • (wa)
- 回, 曲: a sharp bend in a valley, inlet, coast, or river
- 輪, 環: a ring
- 和, 倭: Japan, Japanese
- 和: harmony; a sum
わ • (Wa)
- 和, 倭: Japan, Japanese, Nippo-
|For pronunciation and definitions of わ – see the following entry.
|(This term, わ, is an alternative spelling of the above term.|
For a list of all kanji read as わ, not just those used in Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji read as わ.)