ああ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aa"

Japanese

Etymology 1

Duplication of distal demonstrative pronoun あ (a, “that, yon”).

Pronunciation
  • (Kyoto) ああ [áá] (Kōki – [0])[2]

Adverb

ああ • (ā) 

  1. in that other way
    Synonym: あの様に (ano yō ni)
Derived terms
See also
Japanese demonstratives
ko-
“this”
(close to speaker)		 so-
“that”
(close to listener)		 a-
“that over there”
(far from both)		 do-
“which”
(indeterminate, question)
Object これ (kore) それ (sore) あれ (are) どれ (dore)
これら (korera) それら (sorera) あれら (arera) —
Determiner この (kono) その (sono) あの (ano) どの (dono)
これらの (korera no) それらの (sorera no) あれらの (arera no) —
Kind こんな (konna) そんな (sonna) あんな (anna) どんな (donna)
Place ここ (koko) そこ (soko) あそこ (asoko)* どこ (doko)
こっから (kokkara) そっから (sokkara) — どっから (dokkara)
Direction / Human こちら (kochira) そちら (sochira) あちら (achira) どちら (dochira)
こなた (konata) そなた (sonata) あなた (anata) どなた (donata)
Direction こっち (kotchi) そっち (sotchi) あっち (atchi) どっち (dotchi)
Human こいつ (koitsu) そいつ (soitsu) あいつ (aitsu) どいつ (doitsu)
Manner こう (kō) そう (sō) ああ (ā)** どう (dō)
Degree これくらい (korekurai) それくらい (sorekurai) あれくらい (arekurai) どれくらい (dorekurai)
これだけ (koredake) それだけ (soredake) あれだけ (aredake) どれだけ (doredake)
* irregular
** regular (long vowel)
The kanji 此(こ) (ko), 其(そ) (so), 彼(あ) (a), and 何(ど) (do) can be used for determiners, but they are almost always spelled in hiragana.

Etymology 2
Alternative spellings
嗚呼
噫

Duplication of interjection あ (a).

Compare English ah.

Pronunciation
  • (Kyoto) ああ​ [áꜜà] (Kōki – [1])[2]
  • (Kyoto) ああ [áá] (Kōki – [0])[2]

Interjection

ああ • (ā) 

  1. oh!, ah!
    1. expresses surprise
    2. expresses affirmation
    3. used to call attention
    4. expresses a grunt or pain
  2. (colloquial) expresses a calm positive response: yeah
    ああ、そのとおりだ。 ― ā, sono tōri da. ― Yeah, precisely.
Derived terms
See also

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2002, 京阪系アクセント辞典 (A Dictionary of Tone on Words of the Keihan-type Dialects) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Bensei, →ISBN
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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