天晴れ

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
あ(っ)
Grade: 1
は > ぱ
Grade: 2
irregular kun'yomi
Alternative spelling

Etymology

/apare//appare/

Alteration of Old Japanese (ancient apare, modern aware, “deeply touching or moving”).[1] More at 哀れ.

The kanji are ateji (当て字).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

(あっ)() (appare-na (adnominal (あっ)() (appare na), adverbial (あっ)() (appare ni))

  1. admirable, commendable, wonderful, brilliant, splendid, worthy

Inflection

Interjection

(あっ)() (appare

  1. well done, wow, bravo, wonderful

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 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