I Love Kanjiさも (samo)
さも is a Japanese adverb meaning “really (seem, appear, etc.); truly”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists.
- Reading
- さも
- Romaji
- samo
- Word class
- Adverb
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently · adverb · usually written in kana
- in that way · adverb · usually written in kana
Example sentences
笑いで誤魔化すと、亜美さんはさも不機嫌そうに眉を寄せた。
Ami frowned in a very un-amused way as I brushed her off with a laugh.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Source: JMdict entry 1394700 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.