また

See also: まだ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
又亦復 (literary) 也 (literary, uncommon)

From Old Japanese, ultimately from Proto-Japonic *mata.[1] First cited to the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) また [màtá] (Heiban – [0])
(Tokyo) また [máꜜtà] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ma̠ta̠]

Adverb

また • (mata)

again, as well
またやったか？
Mata yatta ka?
They did it again?

また連(れん)絡(らく)します。
Mata renraku shimasu.
I will contact you again.

Conjunction

また • (mata)

and, also

Derived terms

またまた (matamata)

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in hiragana, as また.

References

Alexander Vovin (2020) A Descriptive and Comparative Grammar of Western Old Japanese (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 5 Japan; 16)‎, volume 1, Revised, Updated and Enlarged Second Edition edition, →ISBN, pages 1009-1012, →ISBN
“又・亦・復”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN

Etymology 2

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

【股】S	[noun] (anatomy) crotch, the space between the thighs [noun] fork in a tree, river, and so on Alternative spellings 胯, 叉, 俣

(This term, また, is an alternative spelling of the above term.
For a list of all kanji read as また, not just those used in Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji read as また.)

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[1] Alexander Vovin (2020) A Descriptive and Comparative Grammar of Western Old Japanese (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 5 Japan; 16)‎, volume 1, Revised, Updated and Enlarged Second Edition edition, →ISBN, pages 1009-1012, →ISBN

[2] “又・亦・復”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN