天晴れ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
Grade: 1 Grade: 2
Irregular

Alternative forms

Etymology

/apare//appare/

Alteration of Old Japanese (apare, modern aware, deeply touching or moving).[1]

The kanji are ateji.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

天晴れ (-na inflection, hiragana あっぱれ, rōmaji appare)

  1. admirable, commendable, wonderful, brilliant, splendid, worthy

Inflection

Interjection

天晴れ (hiragana あっぱれ, rōmaji appare)

  1. well done, wow, bravo, wonderful

References

  1. 1 2 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1 2 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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