ら

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ɾa̠]

Syllable

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”).

Suffix

ら • (-ra) 

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