成程
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 成 | 程 |
| な(る) Grade: 4 |
ほど Grade: 5 |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 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]
Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “成程”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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