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1

A pluralizing suffix used to indicate a group or plurality (common in colloquial speech).

SuffixUsually Kana

Examples

僕らは明日出発する。

We're leaving tomorrow.

子どもらが庭で遊んでいる。

The kids are playing in the yard.

君らだけが分かることだ。

It's something only you (plural) will understand.

2

A rough/approximate suffix indicating direction, location, amount, etc. (e.g., ここら 'around here').

SuffixUsually Kana

Examples

ここらで一度休もう。

Let's take a break around here.

この辺(ここら)は店が少ない。

There aren't many shops around here.

あっちらへ行ってみよう。

Let's try going over that way (around there).

3

A nominalizing suffix attached to an adjectival stem (mostly archaic or literary usage); rare in modern Japanese and found in older texts.

SuffixUsually Kana

Examples

古い詩では「清ら」という形が見られる。

In old poems you can see the form '清ら'.