あら
Meanings
Prefix
1. new
Adjective (な)
2. obvious; natural
Pitch accent
あ
ら
Used in vocabulary (12 in total)
new; fresh; novel
fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way
new rice field; newly developed rice field; wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)
new household (e.g. after marriage); new home
soba made from freshly harvested buckwheat
first Bon Festival following the death of a family member
clean, freshly poured bath; hot water just poured into a bath that no one has entered yet
spirit of someone on the first Obon after their death
yearling; one-year-old horse; first menstruation; sanitary napkin used during first menstruation
skin where two lovers first touch
Arai Station (Niigata)
Araya Station (Akita)