然れども

Japanese

Etymology

By surface analysis, 然(しか)れ (shikare, “realis of 然(しか)り (shikari, “to be like”)”) + ども (domo, “even though”).

Kanji in this term
然
しか Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Conjunction

然(しか)れども • (shikaredomo) 

1. (Classical Japanese or literary) however