はっ

Japanese

Pronunciation

Interjection

はっ • (ha') 

  1. understood!
    Synonym: はい (hai)
    • 1968, 芥川龍之介(あくたがわりゅうのすけ) [Akutagawa Ryūnosuke], 杜子春(とししゅん) (To Shishun) [Tu Tzu-ch'un]‎:
      鬼(おに)どもは一(いつ)斉(せい)に「はつ」と答(こた)へながら、鉄(てつ)の鞭(むち)をとつて立(た)ち上(あが)ると、 […]
      Oni-domo wa issei ni "ha'" to kotaenagara, tetsu no muchi o totte tachiageru to, […]
      The ogres answered in unison:— "Understood!" — and rising to their feet with steel whips in their hands […]

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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