ざま

Japanese

Alternative spellings
様
態

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ざま [zàmáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [d͡za̠ma̠]

Noun

ざま • (zama) 

  1. (informal) pathetic appearance

Derived terms

References

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