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Japanese
Etymology 1
Compound of particle の (no, particle of emphasis) and だ (da, auxiliary verb of assertion).
Pronunciation
Phrase
のだ • (no da)
- an assertion that emphasizes the cause, reasons, grounds and etc.
- そんなことだからお前はいつまで経っても出世できないのだ。
- Sonna koto da kara omae wa itsu made tatte mo shusse dekinai no da.
- That's why you never get ahead in your career.
- determination of the speaker; request to the listener to take a certain action
- 一刻も早く捕獲するのだ。
- Ikkoku mo hayaku hokaku suru no da.
- We must capture it as soon as possible.
- explain something's look and state exclamatorily
- なんて酷いのだ。
- Nante hidoi no da.
- How awful!
- an intention to ask for the listener's intention or the facts
- 一体全体どう違うのだ？
- Ittai zentai dō chigau no da?
- What in the name of God is the difference?
Derived terms
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of のだ – see the following entry.
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| (This term, のだ (noda), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
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