はっ

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Japanese

Pronunciation

Interjection

はっ • (ha') 

  1. understood!
    Synonym: はい (hai)
    • 1968, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, To Shishun [Tu Tzu-ch’un]‎:
      鬼(おに)どもは一(いつ)斉(せい)に「はつ」と答(こた)へながら、鉄(てつ)の鞭(むち)をとつて立(た)ち上(あが)ると、
      Oni-domo wa issei ni "ha'" to kotaenagara, tetsu no muchi o totte tachiageru to,
      The ogres answered in unison:— "Understood!" — and rising to their feet with steel whips in their hands

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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