同然
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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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
同然 • (dōzen) ←だうぜん (dauzen)?
- being equivalent
- 紙切れ同然 ― kamikire dōzen ― no better than scraps
- 勝ったも同然 ― katta mo dōzen ― essentially victory
- 独裁同然 ― dokusai dōzen ― tantamount to dictatorship
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN