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Kanji Details:

  • Frequency:1404
  • Kun: なり, か, また
  • On: ヤ, エ
  • Meaning: to be (classical)
  • Examples:
    WordReadingMeaning
    なりbe (an affirmation); be (location); sum of money (used to express an exact sum on a receipt, envelope, certificate, etc.)
    可也かなりconsiderably, fairly, quite
    時は金也ときはかねなりtime is money
    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
    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
    弱き者よ汝の名は女也よわきものよなんじのなはおんななりFrailty, thy name is woman
    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
    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
    文は人也ぶんはひとなりThe style is the man