また
Appearance
See also: まだ
Japanese
[edit]Etymology 1
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又 亦 復 (literary) 也 (literary, uncommon) |
From Old Japanese, ultimately from Proto-Japonic *mata.[1] First cited to the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]See also
[edit]- (not to be confused with) まだ (mada)
Conjunction
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- またまた (matamata)
Usage notes
[edit]This term is often spelled in hiragana, as また.
References
[edit]- ^ Alexander Vovin (2020) A Descriptive and Comparative Grammar of Western Old Japanese (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 5 Japan; 16)[1], Revised, Updated and Enlarged second edition, volume 1, →ISBN, pages 1009-1012, →ISBN
- ^ “又・亦・復”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
Etymology 2
[edit]For pronunciation and definitions of また – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, また (mata), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as また, see Category:Japanese kanji read as また.) |
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