ざま

Japanese
Alternative spellings
様
態

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ざま​ [zàmáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [d͡za̠ma̠]

Noun

ざま • (zama) 

  1. (informal) pathetic appearance

Derived terms

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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