アルファ

alpha

What does アルファ mean?

アルファ is a Japanese noun meaning alpha in English. It is written as アルファ in hiragana, and arufua in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.

Example sentence

トップのリーダーは犬の行動学では「アルファ」と呼ばれ、以下「ベータ」「ガンマ」と続きます。

In dog ethology the leader is called 'alpha', after that it continues with 'beta' and 'gamma'.