Lingakuすなわち
Frequency rank: 6,256. – 6,260.
- that is; namely; i.e.word usually written using kana alone
adverb (fukushi); conjunction
Forms
- すなわちFrequency rank: 6,256. – 6,260.
- 即ち【すなわち】Frequency rank: 11,671. – 11,704.
- 則ち【すなわち】Frequency rank: 50,150. – 51,356.
- 乃ち【すなわち】
- 輒【すなわち】
Generated definitions (experimental)
- that is; namely; i.e.
This term is used to clarify or specify a previously mentioned statement with a more detailed explanation or alternative wording.
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Example sentences
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I'll pay you back a week from today, that is, on July 21.
Foreign trade consists of a two-way flow of commodities-export and import.
She will return home next Sunday, that is, the tenth.
He is a man of great knowledge, that is to say, a walking dictionary.
He was a great authority on astronomy, or the science of the heavenly bodies.
He is a man of great knowledge, that is to say, a walking dictionary.
He came to Tokyo five years ago, that is to say, when he was twelve years old.
Tamori was born in 1945, that is, when World War II ended.
10. つうか通貨、すなわち、とうじ当時だれもがもちいていた用いていたいい言いかた方にしたがえば従えば、つうじょう通常のおうこく王国ほうか法貨をあたえる与えるかわり代わりに、やといぬし雇い主はじゅうぎょういん従業員にだいよう代用かへい貨幣をあたえていました。そして、このだいよう代用かへい貨幣はきんぞく金属だったり、き木だったり、あつがみ厚紙だったりしました。
Instead of giving the money, that is the normal coin of the realm, which is the phrase that everyone used then, they would give them a token, and this token might be metal, might be wood, might be cardboard.
11. ちょうさ調査たんとうしゃ担当者はどのるうとルートがいちばん一番ようい容易に、すなわちいちばん一番やすあがり安上がりにつくれる作れるかも、てつどう鉄道のすいしんしゃ推進者にあどばいすアドバイスしうるであろう。
The surveyor could also advise the promoters which route could be most easily—and therefore most cheaply—constructed.
No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven – the Son of man.
Human beings usually have two basic desires: to get away from pain and to arrive at pleasure.
14. じぶん自分があつめた集めたじじつ事実をもとにして、かがくしゃ科学者は、そのじじつ事実にいみ意味とちつじょ秩序とかち価値をあたえる与えるろんり論理のもよう模様すなわちりろん理論をおりあげる織りあげるのである。
Around his facts the scientist weaves a logical pattern or theory which gives the facts meaning, order, and significance.
We have everything we need: money, time, and brains.
I met him this day last week, that is, the 25th of June.
I was engaged in it for three years, that is, till I was twenty years old.
I was engaged in it for three years, that is, till I was twenty years old.
I'll finish the work in a week, that is, on May 5th.