(music) A-side

(music, chiefly J-pop) verse

chessboard

Chesterfield

a Chesterfield coat

The hiragana syllable あ (a). Its equivalent in katakana is ア (a). It is the first syllable in the gojūon order; its position is あ行あ段 (a-gyō a-dan, “row a, section a”).

expresses surprise: Ah! Oh! / used to get someone's attention / used as a response to someone's call

(obsolete) foot

(obsolete) ridge between rice fields; ridge between groves

(Classical Japanese) to be, to exist