| 也 | meaning | 'to be (classical)' |
| onyomi | ヤ, エ | |
| kunyomi | なり, か, また |
| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| 真也 | しんや | a man's name |
| 事実は小説より奇也 | じじつはしょうせつよりきなり | Truth is stranger than fiction |
| 可也 | かなり | considerably, fairly, quite |
| 悪法も亦法也 | あくほうもまたほうなり | A law is a law, however undesirable it may be |
| 文は人也 | ぶんはひとなり | The style is the man |
| 時は金也 | ときはかねなり | time is money |
| 盗人を捕らえて見れば我が子也 | ぬすびとをとらえてみればわがこなり | The thief caught turn out to be one's own son |
| 知らぬは亭主許り也 | しらぬはていしゅばかりなり | Only the husband does not know |
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