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Japanese
Etymology 1
Apocopic shift from かしらん (ka shiran), in turn from か (ka, question particle: “if, whether, ?”) + しらぬ (shiranu, “to not know”, classical negative form of 知る (shiru, “to know”)). Literally means “don't know whether...”[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
Particle
かしら • (ka shira)
- (women's speech)
- I wonder
- 彼は怪しい人かしら。
- Kare wa ayashii hito ka shira.
- I wonder if he's a suspicious person.
- interrogative particle
- ご存じかしら？
- Go zon ji ka shira?
- I wonder if you have heard of that? / Perhaps you've heard of that?
- 誰かしらあの家に引っ越してくるだろう。
- Dare ka shira ano ie ni hikkoshite kuru darō.
- Someone or other will probably move into that house.
Usage notes
- かしら (ka shira) is similar to かな (ka na), but is used more by women than by men. The I wonder sense always comes at the end.
References
- ^ “かしら”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ “かしら”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of かしら – see the following entry.
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(This term, かしら (kashira), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as かしら, see Category:Japanese kanji read as かしら.)
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