当然

See also: 當然

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 当然 – see 當然 (“of course; surely; natural”).
(This term, 当然, is the simplified form of 當然.)
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
当 然
とう
Grade: 2		 ぜん
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Adjectival noun

当然 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 當然, -na inflection, hiragana とうぜん, rōmaji tōzen)

  1. natural, inevitable
    故 (こ)障 (しょう)は定 (てい)期 (き)点 (てん)検 (けん)を怠 (おこた)った当 (とう)然 (ぜん)の結 (けっ)果 (か)だ。
    Koshō wa teiki tenken o okotatta tōzen no kekka da.
    This breakdown is the inevitable result due to neglects of periodic checks.
  2. natural, reasonable, proper
    彼 (かれ)が怒 (おこ)るのも当 (とう)然 (ぜん)だ。
    Kare ga okoru no mo tōzen da.
    It is reasonable that he became angry.

Synonyms

Inflection

Adverb

当然 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 當然, hiragana とうぜん, rōmaji tōzen)

  1. naturally, of course, as expected
  2. inevitably

Noun

当然 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 當然, hiragana とうぜん, rōmaji tōzen)

  1. naturality
  2. propriety
  3. inevitability

References

  1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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