はらから

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Japanese

Alternative spelling
同胞

Pronunciation

Noun

はらから • (harakara) 

  1. siblings by the same mother
    • 10th century: Ise Monogatari (chapter 1, page 79)
      その里に、いとなまめいたる女はらから住みけり。
      In that village, lived very fresh-beautied sisters.
  2. fellow countryman, compatriot

References

  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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