arare

See also: araré

English

Etymology

From Japanese あられ (arare).

Noun

arare (uncountable)

1. A Japanese confection made from small pieces of mochi (glutinous rice cakes) that are fried and usually flavored with soy sauce or other flavorings.
   • [1997, Richard Hosking, A Dictionary of Japanese Food, page 509:

     arare あられ 霰 little rice crackers resembling hailstones. They are eaten with drinks as tsumamimono.]

   • 2000 September 20, Joan Clarke, “Quick Bites”, in Honolulu Advertiser, page D.3:

     And the newest concoction made by Jen Kunishima at her McCully bakery is Arf Arf Arare, a rice-flour cracker glazed with beef broth, shaped like a tiny doggie bone and hand-wrapped with nori (seaweed).

   • 2002, Kimberly Lau, “This Text Which is Not One: Dialectics of Self and Culture in Experimental Autoethnography”, in Journal of Folklore Research, volume 39, number 2/3, page 243:

     We were four generations of women – my maternal greatgrandmother lived with my grandmother at that time – staying in one house with no men, and we were surrounded and supported by the seven sisters who brought us sashimi and takuan for dinner, homemade bento for lunch, arare and mochi and edamame for snacks.

   • 2014 January 24, Midori Yamamura, “Styles good enough to eat: Designers launch brands for tasteful wearable treats”, in The Japan News, Lifestyle:

     A brand named Chimaski focuses on Japanese sweets and snacks. They make accessories that resemble popular snacks such as arare rice crackers and kaki-no-tane rice snacks, which are shaped like persimmon seeds.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin arāre, from Proto-Italic *araō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éryeti (“to plough”), from the root *h₂erh₃-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈra.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: a‧rà‧re

Verb

aràre (first-person singular present àro, first-person singular past historic arài, past participle aràto, auxiliary avére)

1. (transitive) to plough / plow
2. (transitive, slang, informal) to possess sexually

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aràre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	aràre
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		aràndo
present participle		arànte	past participle		aràto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	àro	àri	àra	ariàmo	aràte	àrano
imperfect	aràvo	aràvi	aràva	aravàmo	aravàte	aràvano
past historic	arài	aràsti	arò	aràmmo	aràste	aràrono
future	arerò	arerài	arerà	arerémo	areréte	arerànno
conditional	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	arerèi	arerésti	arerèbbe, arerébbe	arerémmo	areréste	arerèbbero, arerébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	àri	àri	àri	ariàmo	ariàte	àrino
imperfect	aràssi	aràssi	aràsse	aràssimo	aràste	aràssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		àra	àri	ariàmo	aràte	àrino
negative imperative		non aràre	non àri	non ariàmo	non aràte	non àrino

Related terms

• aratro
• aratore
• aratura
• arvale

Anagrams

• arerà

Japanese

Romanization

arare

1. Rōmaji transcription of あられ

Latin

Verb

arāre

1. inflection of arō:
   1. present active infinitive
   2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Romanian

Etymology

From ara +‎ -re.

Noun

arare f (plural arări)

1. ploughing

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	arare	ararea		arări	arările
genitive-dative	arări	arării		arări	arărilor
vocative	arare, arareo			arărilor

References

• arare in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Verb

arare

1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of arar