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ざま
Meanings
Noun
Derogatory
Usually written in kana
1. mess; sorry state; plight; sad sight
Suffix
2. -ways; -wards
indicates direction
3. in the act of ...; just as one is ...
after the -masu stem of a verb
He waved as he turned to look back.
4. manner of ...; way of ...
after the -masu stem of a verb
The way cherry blossoms fall is beautiful.
Alt. forms
様ざま
76%
ざま
16%
ザマ
5%
態ざま
1%
Pitch accent
ざ
ま
Top 7300
Used in: 1985
Used in vocabulary (27 in total)
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
while passing each other
serves you right!; see what happens!
unsightly; ungraceful; clumsy; awkward; unpresentable; unshapely
attitude to life; form of existence; way of life
wickedness; sideways; unreasonable
manner of death
serves you right!; see what happens!
serves you right!; see what happens!
while passing each other
while passing each other
serves you right!; see what happens!
serves you right!; see what happens!
serves you right!; see what happens!
indecent; shameful; unsightly; pathetic
wickedness; sideways; unreasonable
serves you right!; see what happens!
to fall backward
to fall backward
lower classes; common people
emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured)
attitude to life; form of existence; way of life
manner of death
outsider; one not included in the favored group; outside daimyo; non-Tokugawa daimyo
immediately; promptly
sleeping posture
arching backward; looking up
Examples (2 in total)
It seems that he knows about it.
Having watched the way my formidable foe fell to the very end, I let out a sigh of relief.