Hiragana ら (ra)
- Romaji
- ra
- Katakana
- ラ
- Row
- R-row #39 of 46
The Japanese r is a light tap of the tongue, between English r, l and d.
Words with ら
Words that are usually written with kanji show their kanji spelling.
- らくらく rakuraku Easily, without difficulty
- らいねん rainenwritten 来年 next year
- らいげつ raigetsuwritten 来月 next month
- らいしゅう raishuuwritten 来週 next week
- そら sora sky
- てら tera temple
- むら mura village
- あらう arau wash
- ならう narau learn
- いらいら iraira Irritated, annoyed
The R-row
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