あ

Etymology 1
.

Etymology 2
Common exclamatory sound made by people of various cultures around the world.

Interjection

 * 1)  Ah! Oh!

Etymology 4
From. The short form of.

Fell into disuse in roughly the, when it was replaced by.

Pronoun

 * 1)  first-person personal pronoun: I, me

Etymology 5
→

Shift in pronunciation from. Appears from the.

Pronoun

 * 1)  that, yon

Noun

 * 1)  foot

Noun

 * 1)  ridge between rice fields; ridge between groves

Etymology 8
Alternative spelling of, the form of  or , with the  omitted in writing

Verb

 * 1)  to be, to exist