左様

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
(ateji)
よう
Grade: 3
on’yomi
Alternative spellings
左樣 (kyūjitai)
然様

Etymology

From a morpheme related to そう (), + (よう) (). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) よー [sàyóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sa̠jo̞ː]

Adjective

()(よう) • (sayō) さやう (sayau)?-na (adnominal ()(よう) (sayō na), adverbial ()(よう) (sayō ni))

  1. (dated) like that
    左様(さよう)です。
    Sayō desu.
    Indeed.

Inflection

Derived terms

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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