可也(かなり), 可(か), かなり

kanari

JLPT 3

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi) adverb (fukushi)
  • considerably; fairly; quite

也, なり

nari

auxiliary verb
  • to be (an affirmation)
  • to be (location)
noun (common) (futsuumeishi) suffix
  • sum of money (used to express an exact sum on a receipt, envelope, certificate, etc.)

悪法(あくほう), あくほうもまたほうなり

akuhōmomatahōnari

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)
  • A law is a law, however undesirable it may be

文(ぶん), ぶんはひとなり

bunhahitonari

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)
  • The style is the man

事実(じじつ), じじつはしょうせつよりきなり

jijitsuhashōsetsuyorikinari

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)
  • Truth is stranger than fiction

知(し)らぬ, しらぬはていしゅばかりなり

shiranuhateishubakarinari

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)
  • Only the husband does not know

弱(よわ)き者(しゃ), よわきものよなんじのなはおんななり

yowakimonoyonanjinonahaonnanari

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)
  • Frailty, thy name is woman

盗人(ぬすびと), ぬすびとをとらえてみればわがこなり

nusubitowotoraetemirebawagakonari

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)
  • The thief caught turn out to be one's own son

空也(くうや), くうやもち

kūyamochi

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • chunky mochi made with half-polished rice, stuffed with red bean paste

時(とき), 時(とき), 時(とき), ときはかねなり

tokihakanenari

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)
  • time is money

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