態と
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
| 態 |
Etymology
From Old Japanese waza ("an act of intent"; in kanji, 技 or 業) + particle と (to).
Adverb
態と (hiragana わざと, romaji waza to)
- on purpose, deliberately, intentionally
- 1632: Diego Collado, Dictionarium sive thesauri linguae Iaponicae compendium, p. 5
- A Conſilio . de propoſito , a poſta . vazàto .
- 1867: James Curtis Hepburn, A Japanese and English Dictionary, p. 520
- Waza-to, ワザト, 態, adv. Intentionally, purposely, by design.
- 1632: Diego Collado, Dictionarium sive thesauri linguae Iaponicae compendium, p. 5
Synonyms
- 態々 (わざわざ, wazawaza)