そんな

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
其様な (literary)
其様 (literary)
其麼 (literary, obsolete)
那麼 (literary, obsolete)

Etymology

Contraction of その(よう) (sono yō na).

Pronunciation

Adjective

そんな (sonnairregular

  1. like that; that kind of

Inflection

Only used in adnominal form そんな (sonna) and adverbial そんなに (sonna ni).

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Interjection

そんな (sonna

  1. (" like that !") Expression of disbelief, 'no (way)', 'impossible', 'it can't be', 'I don't believe it'.

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References

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