Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 流石(さすが) in Japanese

流石
JLPT 2
Kana Reading
さすが
Romaji
sasuga
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), adverb (fukushi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
    Meaning
    as one would expect
    Example sentence
    さすがお嬢様自由奔放な生活していたわけじゃないんだ Just what you'd expect of a young lady, you certainly weren't left to live as you pleased.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    still; all the same
    Example sentence
    さすが大学に行っただけことある He did not go to college for nothing.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    even... (e.g. "even a genius...")
    Example sentence
    さすがね。ならやってくれる思っていたよ。 Excellent! It's just like you to come through like that.

Examples of 流石, さすが in a sentence



Kanji in this word

JLPT 3

5 strokes

stone

On'Yomi: セキ, シャク, コク

Kun'Yomi: いし

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JLPT 3

10 strokes

current, a sink, flow, forfeit

On'Yomi: リュウ, ル

Kun'Yomi: なが.れる, なが.れ, なが.す, -なが.す

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