同然

Japanese

Kanji in this term
同 然
どう
Grade: 2 		ぜん
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) どーぜん [dòózéń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [do̞ːzẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

同(どう)然(ぜん) • (dōzen) ←だうぜん (dauzen)?

  1. being equivalent
    紙切(かみき)れ同然(どうぜん) ― kamikire dōzen ― no better than scraps
    勝(か)ったも同然(どうぜん) ― katta mo dōzen ― essentially victory
    独裁(どくさい)同然(どうぜん) ― dokusai dōzen ― tantamount to dictatorship

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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