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Japanese symbol for “lyra”

Romaji: rira
lyra; lyre

In Japanese, lyra is (rira).

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Meanings

  1. n lyra; lyre

Written forms: . Readings: .

Other Japanese words for “lyra”

WordReadingMeaning
ことざ kotozaLyra (constellation); the Lyre

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.