帰羅

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Japanese

FWOTD – 4 May 2022
Kanji in this term
帰 羅
き
Grade: 2 		ら
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
歸羅 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Appears to be a coinage in Japanese from components derived from Middle Chinese, as a compound of 帰 (ki, “return”) +‎ 羅 (ra, clipping of dated term 羅府 (Rafu, “Los Angeles”)).

Date of first appearance uncertain, but likely some time after the 1894 coinage of 羅府 (Rafu).

Pronunciation

Noun

帰(き)羅(ら) • (kira) ←きら (kira)?

  1. (dated) return to Los Angeles
    • 1906, “泉田開教師の帰羅”, in 羅府仏教会々報:
      泉(いずみ)田(だ)開(かい)教(けう)師(し)の帰(き)羅(ら)
      Izumida-kaikyōshi no kira
      the return of Reverend Izumida to Los Angeles
    • 1960, 南加州日本人七十年史 [Japanese in Southern California: "A History of 70 Years"], page 225:
      一(いち)番(ばん)乗(の)りにて帰(き)羅(ら)
      ichibannori nite kira
      returned to Los Angeles ahead of others

Verb

帰(き)羅(ら)する • (kira suru) ←きら (kira)?suru (stem 帰(き)羅(ら)し (kira shi), past 帰(き)羅(ら)した (kira shita))

  1. (dated) to return to Los Angeles
    • 1929 June 2, 日米 (Nichibei) [The Japanese American News]‎, number 10629, page 2:
      ニユーヨークから歸(き)羅(ら)した
      Nyūyōku kara kira shita
      returned to Los Angeles from New York

Conjugation

Conjugation of "帰羅する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 帰羅し きらし kira shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 帰羅し きらし kira shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 帰羅する きらする kira suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 帰羅する きらする kira suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 帰羅すれ きらすれ kira sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 帰羅せよ¹
帰羅しろ² 		きらせよ¹
きらしろ² 		kira seyo¹
kira shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 帰羅される きらされる kira sareru
Causative 帰羅させる
帰羅さす 		きらさせる
きらさす 		kira saseru
kira sasu
Potential 帰羅できる きらできる kira dekiru
Volitional 帰羅しよう きらしよう kira shiyō
Negative 帰羅しない きらしない kira shinai
Negative continuative 帰羅せず きらせず kira sezu
Formal 帰羅します きらします kira shimasu
Perfective 帰羅した きらした kira shita
Conjunctive 帰羅して きらして kira shite
Hypothetical conditional 帰羅すれば きらすれば kira sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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