そりゃあ

そりゃあ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Contraction of either それ (that) or そいつ (he, she, that one) with the topic marking particle は (wa).

Alternative forms

• そりゃ (sorya)

Pronoun

そりゃあ (rōmaji soryā)

1. (informal, regional) that's

   そりゃあそうよ！

   Soryā sō yo!

   That's right!

2. (informal, regional) he, she, that
   • 2014, Kazuhiko Tsuzuki, Osakana march‎, volume 1:

     でもなあ　そりゃあ悪 (わる)いヤツには見 (み)えないケドさ

     demo nā soryā warui yatsu ni wa mienai kedo sa

     but y’know, he didn’t seem like such a bad guy

Etymology 2

Contraction of そう (sō, “so, like that”) and auxiliary verb だ (da) or variant such as や (ya) or じゃ (ja).

Alternative forms

• そりゃ (sorya)
• そいや (soiya)

Adverb

そりゃあ (rōmaji soryā)

1. (informal, regional) certainly, of course, well

   そりゃあ知 (し)らなかった。

   Soryā shiranakatta.

   Well you could have fooled me.

2. (informal, regional) just like that, right
   • 1997, Mariko Hayashi, Kimono o meguru monogatari, →ISBN:

     お父 (とう)さんがうんと気張 (きばり)ってつくったから、そりゃあ、そりゃあ素 (す)晴 (ば)らしいもんやったわね。

     Otōsan ga unto kibaritte tsukutta kara, soryā, soryā subarashī mon yatta wa ne.

     Father went all out like that, nicely nicely he made something wonderful, right.