ara ara

Borrowed from Japanese あらあら (Japanese for "oh dear"), popularized around March 2019.

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ara ara

1. (Internet slang) Used to express admiration or an typically reaction, Often used in a women speech.

   ara ara, are you alone, little boy?

ara ara

1. Rōmaji transcription of あらあら

Reduplication of ara (“interval, space or time between two things”).

• IPA^(key): /aˈɾa.a.ɾa/
• Hyphenation: a‧ra‧a‧ra

ara ara

1. from time to time, sometimes

   Synonyms: zaman zaman, vakit vakit, ara sıra, arada, arada bir, bir ara, bazen

   Televizyon yayını ara ara kesildi. ― The television broadcast was interrupted from time to time.

• “ara ara”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ara ara”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 271