成程

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
成	程
な(る) Grade: 4	ほど Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
成る程なるほど成るほど

Alternative forms

(slang) なるへそ, なるヘソ (naru heso) (literally "becoming a belly button")
(Internet slang, short) なる (naru), なるほ (naruho)

Etymology

From 成(な)る (naru, “become”) + 程(ほど) (hodo, “as much as, degree, extent”). First cited in a text from 1480.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) なるほど (Heiban – )
IPA^(key):

Interjection

成(なる)程(ほど) • (naru hodo)

I see!; Indeed!; Aha!
- 1906, Natsume Sōseki, Botchan‎:
  
  なるほど碌(ろく)なものにはならない。
  Naru hodo roku na mono ni wa naranai.
  Exactly; I have never amounted to much.

References

^ “成程”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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