そりゃあ

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Contraction of either それ (sore, “that”) or そいつ (soitsu, “he, she, that one”) with the topic marking particle は (wa).

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Pronoun

そりゃあ • (soryā) 

  1. (informal, regional) that's
    そりゃあそうよ！
    Soryā sō yo!
    That's right!
  2. (informal, regional) he, she, that
    • 2014, Kazuhiko Tsuzuki, Osakana march‎, volume 1:
      でもなあ　そりゃあ悪(わる)いヤツには見(み)えないケドさ
      demo nā soryā warui yatsu ni wa mienai kedo sa
      but y’know, he didn’t seem like such a bad guy

Etymology 2

Contraction of そう (sō, “so, like that”) and auxiliary verb だ (da) or variant such as や (ya) or じゃ (ja).

Alternative forms

Adverb

そりゃあ • (soryā) 

  1. (informal, regional) certainly, of course, well
    そりゃあ知(し)らなかった。
    Soryā shiranakatta.
    Well you could have fooled me.
  2. (informal, regional) just like that, right
    • 1997, Mariko Hayashi, Kimono o meguru monogatari, →ISBN:
      お父(とう)さんがうんと気(き)張(ばり)ってつくったから、そりゃあ、そりゃあ素(す)晴(ば)らしいもんやったわね。
      Otōsan ga unto kibaritte tsukutta kara, soryā, soryā subarashii mon yatta wa ne.
      Father went all out like that, nicely nicely he made something wonderful, right.
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