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Japanese
Etymology 1
From classical らむ (-ramu).
Pronunciation
Suffix
ろう • (-rō) ←らう (-rau)?
- (inflectional suffix, dated) Forms the conjectural.
- でなかろう ― de nakarou ― probably is not (=modern ではないだろう (de wa nai darō))
- でなかったろう ― de nakattarō ― probably was not (=modern ではなかっただろう (de wa nakatta darō))
- 誰であろうとも ― dare de arō to mo ― (no matter) whoever it may be
- よかろう。 ― Yokarō. ― Fine. / Very well. / As you wish. (=modern いいだろう (ii darō))
Etymology 2
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- suffixes certain male names
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(This term, ろう (rō), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as ろう, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ろう.)
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(The following entries are uncreated: 老, 楼, 櫳, 陋, 隴.)