成程
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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成 | 程 |
な(る) Grade: 4 |
ほど Grade: 5 |
kun’yomi |
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成る程 なるほど 成るほど |
Alternative forms edit
- (slang) なるへそ, なるヘソ (naru heso) (literally "becoming a belly button")
- (Internet slang, short) なる (naru), なるほ (naruho)
Etymology edit
From 成る (naru, “become”) + 程 (hodo, “as much as, degree, extent”). First cited in a text from 1480.[1]
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References edit
- ^ “成程”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN