すら
Japanese
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
(
Tokyo
)
す
ら
[súꜜrà]
(
Atamadaka
– [1])
IPA
(key)
:
[sɨɾa̠]
Particle
すら
• (
sura
)
(
emphatic
)
even
c.
91
BCE
,
Sima Qian
, “
廉頗藺相如列傳
”, in
Shiji
, volume
81
:
且
(
か
)
つ
庸人
(
ようじん
)
すら
尚
(
な
)
ほ
之
(
これ
)
を
羞
(
は
)
づ
。
Katsu yōjin
sura
nao kore o hazu.
Besides,
even
ordinary people would still be ashamed of it.
See also
も
(
mo
)
さえ
(
sae
)
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of
すら
– see the following entry.
【
修羅
しゅら
】
[noun]
(
Buddhism
)
Asura
(
a
demigod
of the lowest class
)
[noun]
(
Buddhism
)
short for
修羅道
(
shuradō
,
“
realm of Asura; one of the six realms of reincarnation in Buddhism
”
)
[noun]
a
killing
, a
slaughter
, a
carnage
, a
bloodbath
[noun]
a
cart
for carrying large rocks or wood
(This term,
すら
(
sura
)
, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
Okinawan
Noun
すら
(
sura
)
空
:
sky