Home Learn Japanese Is it true that’s there’s native Japanese word that starts with R?LLearn JapaneseIs it true that’s there’s native Japanese word that starts with R?December 11, 20224 comments I read on Wikipedia that there’s no native Japanese word (or yamato kotoba 大和言葉) that starts with ら、り、る、れ、ろ. Is this true? Tags:Japanese LanguageLearn Japanese 4 comments廊下 (ろうか)….. is this not a native word? Maybe I misunderstood the question.廊下 uses onyomi. Although I don’t know if using onyomi means it’s not native.I’m stretching since these can’t be at the start of words, but if we’re counting particles and auxiliary verbs, there’s [ら](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E3%82%89/#jn-228750) as in “僕ら” and [れる](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E3%82%8C%E3%82%8B/#jn-235119) as in “される”. I’m only including those purely on the grounds they had their very own individual dictionary entries.That’s ridiculous….Leave a ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment.
I’m stretching since these can’t be at the start of words, but if we’re counting particles and auxiliary verbs, there’s [ら](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E3%82%89/#jn-228750) as in “僕ら” and [れる](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E3%82%8C%E3%82%8B/#jn-235119) as in “される”. I’m only including those purely on the grounds they had their very own individual dictionary entries.
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廊下 (ろうか)
….. is this not a native word? Maybe I misunderstood the question.
廊下 uses onyomi. Although I don’t know if using onyomi means it’s not native.
I’m stretching since these can’t be at the start of words, but if we’re counting particles and auxiliary verbs, there’s [ら](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E3%82%89/#jn-228750) as in “僕ら” and [れる](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E3%82%8C%E3%82%8B/#jn-235119) as in “される”. I’m only including those purely on the grounds they had their very own individual dictionary entries.
That’s ridiculous….