然る

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
然
しか Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しかる [shìkáꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɕi̥ka̠ɾɯ̟]

Verb

然(しか)る • (shikaru) 

1. adnominal of 然り (shikari, “to be like so, to be thus”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
然
さ Grade: 4
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 然る – see the following entry.

【さる】 [adnominal] a certain [adnominal] such

(This term, 然る, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)