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然も (samo)

indeed, really, as if, as though

  • JLPT N1

Meaning

然も (さも, samo) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “indeed, really, as if, as though”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 6

毎日新聞まいにちしんぶんを読よみなさい、さもないと時勢じせいにおくれます。

Read the newspaper every day, or you will fall behind the times.

速く走りなさい、さもないとバスに乗り遅れるよ。

Run fast, otherwise you will miss the bus.

足元に気をつけなさい。さもないと滑って転びますよ。

Watch your step, or you will slip and fall.

彼女はフランス語が話せる。しかも流ちょうに。

She can speak French, and fluently at that.

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