そんな

Japanese

Alternative spellings
其様な (literary)
其様 (literary)
其麼 (literary, obsolete)
那麼 (literary, obsolete)

Etymology

Contraction of その(よう) (sono yō na).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んな [sòńná] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sõ̞nːa̠]

Adjective

そんな • (sonna) irregular

  1. like that; that kind of

Inflection

Only used in adnominal form そんな (sonna) and adverbial そんなに (sonna ni).

See also

Interjection

そんな • (sonna) 

  1. ("[something] like that [is not possible]!") Expression of disbelief, 'no (way)', 'impossible', 'it can't be', 'I don't believe it'.

See also

  • (impossible, it can't be): まさか (masaka), ばかな (baka na, This is absurd!)

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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