Meanings
Noun
1. first Sanskrit alphabet letter
2. Africa
3. Awa (old province of Japan)
Archaic
Prefix
Familiar language
4. prefixed to names to show intimacy
Kanji used
Africa
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (25 in total)
fool; idiot; simpleton
Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology
Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology
Amitabha (Buddha); Amida; ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; wearing a hat pushed back on one's head
bitch; Amagasaki, Hyogo
first Sanskrit alphabet letter (in esoteric Buddhism symbolizes the source of all things)
South Africa
elder brother; my dear brother
the "a" column of the Japanese syllabary table (a, i, u, e, o)
(arch.) father-in-law (of a woman); grandfather
gambir; gambier; catechu; cutch
timeserving
asafetida (Ferula assafoetida)
Om; Aun; syllable representing the primordial trinity of Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma; inspiration and expiration; respiration; alpha and omega
Akshobhya (the immovable buddha)
Chinese cork oak (Quercus variabilis)
Chinese cork oak (Quercus variabilis)
Samoan mullet goby (Mugilogobius abei)
Ophidion asiro (species of cusk eel)
Examples (3 in total)
Mt. Aso is an active volcano.
Lake Akan is frozen over.
Have you ever climbed Mt. Aso?