Components
2 words matching 'さよう' found
さよう is an exact match with one form of the following word:
さよう
BOOST
1. like that  (often written with kana only)
interjection (kandoushi)
2. that's right; indeed  (often written with kana only)
3. let me see...  (often written with kana only)
My mastery:
My current mastery of さよう:
LOG IN to view word mastery data
My flashcards:
LOG IN to view your flashcards
Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 6 (among the 15,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 78,835 which gives a rank of 10,361
さよう is the most useful form. 3 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 300 (about 3,150,000,000 results)
VIEW INFLECTIONS
Example sentences:
さようでございます
Is that so?
佐様
BOOST
Reading : さよう   
My flashcards:
LOG IN to view your flashcards
Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 49,000 (about 9,560,000 results)
VIEW INFLECTIONS
然様
BOOST
Reading : さよう   
My flashcards:
LOG IN to view your flashcards
Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 162,000 (about 483,000 results)
VIEW INFLECTIONS
左様
BOOST
Reading : さよう   
My flashcards:
LOG IN to view your flashcards
Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 175,000 (about 420,000 results)
VIEW INFLECTIONS
さよう is an exact match with one form of the following word:
作用
BOOST
Reading : さよう   
action; operation; effect; function
My mastery:
My current mastery of 作用:
LOG IN to view word mastery data
My flashcards:
LOG IN to view your flashcards
Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 3 (among the 3,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 138,872 which gives a rank of 1,434
作用 is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 3,000 (about 367,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 4843 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 2676
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 9 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
VIEW INFLECTIONS
Example sentences:
にっこう
日光
ひふ
皮膚
さよう
作用
する

The sunbeam acts upon the skin.
アルコールすぐ
さよう
作用
しない

Alcohol does not take effect immediately.
さん
きんぞく
金属
さよう
作用
する

Acid acts on metals.
さよう
BOOST
My flashcards:
LOG IN to view your flashcards
Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 44,000 (about 11,500,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 9 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
VIEW INFLECTIONS
サ    help   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
サ   ひだり left   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
ten   じゅう    じつ    と    とう    
コウ   ク    work; construction; craft   
ヨウ   さま Mr / Mrs   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
スイ   みず water   
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
ゼン   ネン    resemble   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
ケン   いぬ dog   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
dot   
ニク body part   
fire
サク   サ   つく to make   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
ながらも although   -なが while   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ニ   ふた    ふた two   
ヨウ   もちいる to use   
Problem with this word? Question or comment? Please CONTACT US.
Kanshudo is your AI Japanese tutor, and your constant companion on the road to mastery of the Japanese language. To get started learning Japanese, just follow the study recommendations on your Dashboard. You can use Quick search (accessible using the icon at the top of every page) to look up any Japanese word, kanji or grammar point, as well as to find anything on Kanshudo quickly. For an overview, take the tour.
Search results include information from a variety of sources, including Kanshudo (kanji mnemonics, kanji readings, kanji components, vocab and name frequency data, grammar points, examples), JMdict (vocabulary), Tatoeba (examples), Enamdict (names), KanjiVG (kanji animations and stroke order), and Joy o' Kanji (kanji and radical synopses). Translations provided by Google's Neural Machine Translation engine. For more information see credits.
×