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Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana 遠 cursive sōsho
( obsolete, except in careful speech or when singing ) を • (o
( obsolete except as a particle) hiragana syllable を ( o ) . Its equivalent in katakana is ヲ ( o ) . It is the forty-seventh syllable in the gojūon order; its position is わ行 お段 ( wa-gyō o-dan , “ row wa , section o ” ) .In most cases outside its use as a particle, it is replaced by お
(Hiragana 平仮名 あ ぁ い ぃ う ぅ ゔ え ぇ お ぉ か ゕ が き ぎ く ぐ け ゖ げ こ ご さ ざ し じ す ず せ ぜ そ ぞ た だ ち ぢ つ っ づ て で と ど な に ぬ ね の は ば ぱ ひ び ぴ ふ ぶ ぷ へ べ ぺ ほ ぼ ぽ ま み む め も や ゃ ゆ ゅ よ ょ ら り る れ ろ わ ゎ ゐ ゑ を ん ー ゝ ゞ ゟ
うぉ ( wo ) /wo/ → /o/
From Proto-Japonic *wo Okinawan ゆ ( yu ) .
The historical spelling is retained despite the modern pronunciation (as with は ( wa ) and へ ( e ) ).
In songs or hyperformal contexts, the old pronunciation wo may be used. を • (o
A case particle. ( with transitive verb ) An accusative case particle: a grammatical marker following the direct object of a verb. 私( わたし ) が リンゴ を 食( た ) べるWatashi ga ringo o taberu. I eat an apple. 私( わたし ) を リンゴが食( た ) べる。Watashi o ringo ga taberu. An apple eats me . As shown in the above two usage examples, Japanese sentences use particles to indicate subject and object, instead of using word order as in English. ( with intransitive verb ) away from, off
席( せき ) を 立( た ) つseki o tatsu to stand up from the seat ( with intransitive verb ) along , following a specified route, track, orbit, etc.
廊( ろう ) 下( か ) を 走( はし ) るrōka o hashiru to run down the corridor 街( まち ) を 歩( ある ) くmachi o aruku to walk down the street 北( ほっ ) 海( かい ) 道( どう ) を 流( なが ) れる川( かわ ) Hokkaidō o nagareru kawa a river that flows through Hokkaido 地( ち ) 球( きゅう ) のまわりを 月( つき ) がまわる。Chikyū no mawari o tsuki ga mawaru. The Moon orbits the Earth. ( archaic ) A conjunctive particle, usually following the rentaikei of classical inflectible words. Resultative conjunction: expresses reason or cause. Contrastive conjunction.
我( わが ) 身( み ) だに知( し ) らざりしを 、怎( いか ) でか人( ひと ) に知( し ) らるべき。Wagami dani shirazarishi o , ika de ka hito ni shiraru beki. Even I myself didn't know, so how could others know? ( archaic , literary ) An interjectory particle, expressing sigh or emphasis. , text [2]
我( あ ) を待( ま ) つと君( きみ ) が濡( ぬ ) れけむあしひきの 山( やま ) のしづくにならましものを A o matsu to / Kimi ga nureken / Ashihiki no / Yama no shizuku ni / naramashi mono o You probably got wet while waiting for me; ah , I wish I could become a waterdrop in the mountain. In highly informal speech, a lengthened vowel may be used instead of を 手( て ) ぇ上( あ ) げtē agero ― raise your hands
For pronunciation and definitions of を – see the following entries.
【小 お 1
[prefix] attached to certain nouns :
[prefix] small in shape or scale [prefix] attached to certain names to give expression or feelings (verify (+ ) this sense?) [prefix] used proverbially to represent "small" or "slight" (verify (+ ) this sense?)
(This term, を ( wo ) , is a historical kana spelling of the above terms.)For a list of all kanji read as を , see Category:Japanese kanji read as を .)
