傍ら (かたわら) — beside, nearby, while
傍ら
beside
Frequency #7795
Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common.
2 characters
no-adjective
Part of speech (JMdict: adj-no, adv, n)
katawara
Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low.
かたわら[0] heiban 平板
Synth audio is approximate — the diagram is the canonical reference.
Meanings
- beside
- nearby
- while