gauze, thin silk, Rome, arrange, spread out
羅 centers on a fine, open mesh or net, like gauze or thin silk. From this, it extends to spreading or arranging things in a net-like pattern, and is also used phonetically for Rome.
羅 combines 罒 (net) with 維 (likely phonetic, suggesting a fine thread or binding). Together they express a net or gauze-like fabric.
The top 罒 is a net, and the bottom 維 suggests fine threads. Picture a delicate silk net spread out to catch the morning dew.
For ラ, imagine a large gauze curtain spread out like a la-la-la chorus line: la -> ラ, and the fabric flows like music.
Latin (language)
wrasse (any fish of family Labridae)
bamboo stem (of a Japanese pipe)
fine clothes
Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology
encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of); comprising; comprehending
Siam (former name of Thailand)
fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed)
Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology
shell (of a crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; plastron
compass
sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul
enumeration; citation; listing
reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy
Mara; demon king who attempted to hinder Gautama Buddha from attaining enlightenment
all things in nature; the whole creation
mandala
acting without restraint; self-indulgence; wild license; eccentricity
Rashōmon (gate in old Kyoto)
rakshasa; man-eating demon in Hinduism and Buddhism