以為らく

Japanese

Kanji in this term
以	為
おもえ
Grade: 4	Grade: S
jukujikun

Alternative spellings
以爲らく (kyūjitai) 以為えらく 以為く 思らく 思えらく 謂らく 謂えらく

Etymology

Compound of 思(おも)う (omou, “to think”) + ら (ra), 未(み)然(ぜん)形(けい) (mizenkei) of classical stative auxiliary り (ri) + classical nominalizing suffix く (ku). The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Middle Chinese 以為 (jɨ^X ɦˠiuᴇ).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おもえらく [òmóéꜜràkù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) おもえらく [òmóérákúꜜ] (Odaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [o̞mo̞e̞ɾa̠kɯ̟]

Adverb

以為(おもえ)らく or 以為(おむみ)らく • (omoeraku or omumiraku) ^{←おもへらく (omoferaku)?}

1. in one's thinking; what one thinks; one thinks that...