あ

Pronunciation

• IPA: [a̠]

Syllable

あ (romaji a)

1. The hiragana syllable あ (a). Its equivalent in katakana is ア (a). It is the first syllable in the gojūon order; its position is あ行あ段 (a-gyō a-dan, “row a, section a”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あ​ [áꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA: [a̠]

Interjection

あ or ア • (a) 

1. expresses surprise: Ah! Oh!
   • Synonym: あっ (a')
2. used to get someone's attention
3. used as a response to someone's call
   • Synonym: はい (hai)

Pronoun

あ • (a) 

1. (obsolete) first-person personal pronoun: I, me

Pronoun

あ • (a) 

1. distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon

Noun

あ • (a) 

1. (obsolete) foot

Noun

あ • (a) 

1. (obsolete) ridge between rice fields; ridge between groves

Verb

あ • (a) 

1. (Classical Japanese) to be, to exist