Japanese etymology : Query result

Proto-Japanese: *apar-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: to pity

Russian meaning: жалеть, сострадать

Old Japanese: apare-m-

Middle Japanese: áfáre-b-, afare-m-

Tokyo: awaré-m-

Kyoto: áwáré-m-

Kagoshima: àwàrè-m-

Comments: JLTT 388, 679. The accent situation is not quite clear: modern dialects rather uniformly point to low tone (also in the noun *apara-i 'sympathy, pity' > Tokyo áware, Kyoto áwàrè, Kagoshima awaré); but the only accentuation attested in RJ is ápáre-b-.