いら

Japanese

Etymology 1

Cognate with いろ (iro). Found only in compounds.

Noun

いら • (ira) 

1. kinship through the same mother

Antonyms

• まま (mama)

Derived terms

• 郎姫(いらつひめ) (iratsuhime)
• 郎君(いらつきみ) (iratsukimi)
• 郎子(いらつこ) (iratsuko)
• 郎女(いらつめ) (iratsume)
• いろ (iro)

See also

• いろ (iro)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of いら – see the following entry.

【刺】S [noun] a thorn, prickle [noun] the spine (needle-like structure) of a fish's dorsal fin [noun] Short for 刺草 (irakusa): nettle [noun] Short for 刺虫 (iramushi): the larva of the 刺蛾 (iraga, “Monema flavescens”), a species of moth [noun] the horn-like projections of 金平糖 (konpeitō, “sugar candy of varying colors and flavors”) [noun] Synonym of 水母 (kurage): a jellyfish

(This term, いら, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as いら, see Category:Japanese kanji read as いら.)