The katakana syllable デャ (dya). Its equivalent in hiragana is でゃ (dya).

Small combining form of katakana ヤ (ya) used in 拗音 (yōon) morae that end in a, such as シャ (sha), チャ (cha), and キャ (kya). Historically not distinguished from full-size version.

牢屋: prison / 老爺: old man / 朧夜:

廊下: corridor / 老化: aging / 弄火: playing with fire / 狼火: fire beacon / 弄花: playing with flowers; gambling with flower cards

老化: age

(nonstandard) romaji; Roman characters; the Latin alphabet, usually written in katakana and kanji: ローマ字 .

蝋: wax natural / 櫳:

老:

陋:

Deaf