かたわら

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
傍ら (most common)
傍
側ら
側
旁
脇

Etymology

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Particularly: “There are two possible etymologies:

  1. 片(かた) (kata) + 端(は) (ha) + ら (ra, a suffix)(From Kōjien)
  2. Alteration from katahara (片腹, “side of the belly, one's sides”, from 片(かた) (kata) + 腹(はら) (hara)), coming to mean “the side of something”.”

The adverb is derived from sense 5 of the noun.[1]

Pronunciation

Adverb

かたわら • (katawara) ←かたはら (katafara)?

  1. in addition, besides, while

Noun

かたわら • (katawara) ←かたはら (katafara)?

  1. the side of something
    Synonyms: 端, 脇, 横腹
  2. a person nearby
  3. the area nearby; vicinity
    Synonym: そば
  4. a remote partially built-up area along a major highway
  5. in addition to…, while doing…, on the other hand…
    Synonym: 合間
    勤(つと)めのかたわら、絵(え)を描(か)く。
    Tsutome no katawara, e o kaku.
    In addition to working, I also draw.
    勉(べん)強(きょう)に精(せい)出(だ)すかたわら、体(からだ)も鍛(きた)える。
    Benkyō ni seidasu katawara, karada mo kitaeru.
    In addition to working hard for my studies, I also train my body.

Usage notes

(in addition to): かたわら can be after a noun with の, or a verb in its 連体形(れんたいけい) (rentaikei, “attributive form”). The verb after かたわら is an additional, less emphasised action or habit compared to the action before.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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