態と
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term |
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態 |
わざ Grade: 5 |
kun’yomi |
Etymology edit
From Old Japanese waza ("an act of intent"; in kanji, 技 or 業) + particle と (to).[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
- on purpose, deliberately, intentionally
- 1632, Diego Collado, Dictionarium sive thesauri linguae Iaponicae compendium, page 5:
- A Conſilio . de propoſito, a poſta . vazàto .
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1867, James Curtis Hepburn, A Japanese and English Dictionary, page 520:
- Waza-to, ワザト, 態, adv. Intentionally, purposely, by design.
Synonyms edit
- 態々 (wazawaza)
Antonyms edit
- 思わず (omowazu)
Related terms edit
- 技 (waza), 業 (waza): an intentional act or action
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN