"ぞ" meaning in Japanese

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Particle

IPA: [d͡zo̞] Forms: zo [romanization]
Etymology: table From Old Japanese. Previously unvoiced as so until the Nara period. Etymology templates: {{etymid|ja|particle}} table, {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese Head templates: {{ja-pos|particle}} ぞ • (zo)
  1. (colloquial, men's speech) a particle used at the end of sentences, which indicates certainty or emphasis. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-ぞ-ja-particle-URxTNuZF Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese particles, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 41 8 35 7 8 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 41 6 35 9 9 Disambiguation of Japanese particles: 29 17 26 20 7 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 41 6 35 9 9
  2. a particle used as a suffix to an interrogative word to mark it indefinite.
    Sense id: en-ぞ-ja-particle-YFlYq66j Categories (other): Japanese particles Disambiguation of Japanese particles: 29 17 26 20 7
  3. (archaic) a particle which makes a question emphasized or rhetorical, used at the end of a sentence or appended to an interrogative word. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-ぞ-ja-particle-ph5pwXoe Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese particles, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 41 8 35 7 8 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 41 6 35 9 9 Disambiguation of Japanese particles: 29 17 26 20 7 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 41 6 35 9 9
  4. (predicative, men's speech) topic particle used for emphasis Tags: predicative
    Sense id: en-ぞ-ja-particle-hDzfwuVw Categories (other): Japanese particles Disambiguation of Japanese particles: 29 17 26 20 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 良くぞ (yoku zo) (ruby: ()), 知る人ぞ知る (shiru hito zo shiru) (ruby: (), (ひと), ()), ここぞとばかりに (koko zo to bakari ni)
Etymology number: 2

Syllable

IPA: [d͡zo̞] Forms: zo [romanization]
Etymology: The hiragana character そ (so) with a dakuten (゛). Etymology templates: {{m|ja|そ|tr=so}} そ (so), {{m|ja|゛}} ゛, {{Hira-dakuten|そ|so}} The hiragana character そ (so) with a dakuten (゛). Head templates: {{ja-pos|syllable}} ぞ • (zo)
  1. The hiragana syllable ぞ (zo). Its equivalent in katakana is ゾ (zo).
    Sense id: en-ぞ-ja-syllable-McHUgq2- Related terms: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 𛄲, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 𛀆, , , 𛀁, , , , ゚, , , , , , , ゙, , 𛅐, 𛄟, , 𛅑, , 𛅒, , , ゝ, ゞ,
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

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          "word": "じ"
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          "word": "す"
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          "word": "ず"
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          "word": "せ"
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          "word": "ど"
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          "word": "な"
        },
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          "word": "に"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぬ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ね"
        },
        {
          "word": "の"
        },
        {
          "word": "は"
        },
        {
          "word": "ば"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぱ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ひ"
        },
        {
          "word": "び"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぴ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ふ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぶ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぷ"
        },
        {
          "word": "へ"
        },
        {
          "word": "べ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぺ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ほ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぼ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぽ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ま"
        },
        {
          "word": "み"
        },
        {
          "word": "む"
        },
        {
          "word": "め"
        },
        {
          "word": "も"
        },
        {
          "word": "や"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゃ"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛀆"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゆ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゅ"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛀁"
        },
        {
          "word": "よ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ょ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ら"
        },
        {
          "word": "゚"
        },
        {
          "word": "り"
        },
        {
          "word": "る"
        },
        {
          "word": "れ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ろ"
        },
        {
          "word": "わ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゎ"
        },
        {
          "word": "゙"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゐ"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛅐"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛄟"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゑ"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛅑"
        },
        {
          "word": "を"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛅒"
        },
        {
          "word": "ん"
        },
        {
          "word": "ー"
        },
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          "word": "ゝ"
        },
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          "word": "ゞ"
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          "word": "ゟ"
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      "ipa": "[d͡zo̞]"
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      "roman": "yoku zo",
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      "word": "良くぞ"
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          "し"
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          "人",
          "ひと"
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          "知",
          "し"
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      "word": "ここぞとばかりに"
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          "english": "I'm gonna do it!",
          "roman": "Yaru zo!",
          "text": "やるぞ!",
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          "english": "You may not steal and eat food in other houses, ever.",
          "ref": "1925, Denji Kuroshima, 「紋」",
          "roman": "yoso de meshi o nusunde kūtari suru n ja nai zo",
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              "飯",
              "めし"
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            [
              "盗",
              "ぬす"
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              "食",
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      ]
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        {
          "english": "It feels like we can hear voice of singers somewhere.",
          "ref": "1909, Mokutaro Kinoshita, 南蛮寺門前",
          "roman": "dokozo de uta utau koe ga kikoeru yō ya nō",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "何",
              "ど"
            ],
            [
              "処",
              "こ"
            ],
            [
              "歌",
              "うた"
            ],
            [
              "声",
              "こえ"
            ],
            [
              "聞",
              "きこ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "何処ぞで歌うたふ声が聞えるやうやのう"
        }
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Without the spirit of treasuring simplification, how could this kind of things ever happen.",
          "ref": "1932, Yoshio Mikami, 和算の社会的・芸術的特性について",
          "roman": "Tanjunka o tōtobu seishin ga nakushite, nanzo, kono shu no koto ga okite koyō zo.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "単",
              "たん"
            ],
            [
              "純",
              "じゅん"
            ],
            [
              "化",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "貴",
              "とうと"
            ],
            [
              "精",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "神",
              "しん"
            ],
            [
              "無",
              "な"
            ],
            [
              "種",
              "しゅ"
            ],
            [
              "起",
              "お"
            ],
            [
              "来",
              "こ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "単純化を貴ぶ精神が無くして、なんぞ、この種のことが起きて来ようぞ。"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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        "archaic"
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        {
          "english": "This is the true power of a dictionary!!",
          "roman": "Kore zo jiten no hontō no chikara da‼",
          "ruby": [
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              "辞",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "典",
              "てん"
            ],
            [
              "本",
              "ほん"
            ],
            [
              "当",
              "とう"
            ],
            [
              "力",
              "ちから"
            ]
          ],
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      ],
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        "predicative"
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  ],
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      "ipa": "[d͡zo̞]"
    }
  ],
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  ],
  "word": "ぞ"
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      "word": "く"
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    {
      "word": "ぐ"
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    {
      "word": "け"
    },
    {
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "word": "こ"
    },
    {
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    },
    {
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    {
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    {
      "word": "ざ"
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "word": "じ"
    },
    {
      "word": "す"
    },
    {
      "word": "ず"
    },
    {
      "word": "せ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぜ"
    },
    {
      "word": "そ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぞ"
    },
    {
      "word": "た"
    },
    {
      "word": "だ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ち"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぢ"
    },
    {
      "word": "つ"
    },
    {
      "word": "っ"
    },
    {
      "word": "づ"
    },
    {
      "word": "て"
    },
    {
      "word": "で"
    },
    {
      "word": "と"
    },
    {
      "word": "ど"
    },
    {
      "word": "な"
    },
    {
      "word": "に"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぬ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ね"
    },
    {
      "word": "の"
    },
    {
      "word": "は"
    },
    {
      "word": "ば"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぱ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ひ"
    },
    {
      "word": "び"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぴ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ふ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぶ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぷ"
    },
    {
      "word": "へ"
    },
    {
      "word": "べ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぺ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ほ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぼ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぽ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ま"
    },
    {
      "word": "み"
    },
    {
      "word": "む"
    },
    {
      "word": "め"
    },
    {
      "word": "も"
    },
    {
      "word": "や"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゃ"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛀆"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゆ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゅ"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛀁"
    },
    {
      "word": "よ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ょ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ら"
    },
    {
      "word": "゚"
    },
    {
      "word": "り"
    },
    {
      "word": "る"
    },
    {
      "word": "れ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ろ"
    },
    {
      "word": "わ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゎ"
    },
    {
      "word": "゙"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゐ"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛅐"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛄟"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゑ"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛅑"
    },
    {
      "word": "を"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛅒"
    },
    {
      "word": "ん"
    },
    {
      "word": "ー"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゝ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゞ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゟ"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The hiragana syllable ぞ (zo). Its equivalent in katakana is ゾ (zo)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ぞ",
          "ぞ#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "ゾ",
          "ゾ#Japanese"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡zo̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ぞ"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese particles",
    "Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "yoku zo",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "良",
          "よ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "良くぞ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shiru hito zo shiru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "知",
          "し"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "ひと"
        ],
        [
          "知",
          "し"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "知る人ぞ知る"
    },
    {
      "roman": "koko zo to bakari ni",
      "word": "ここぞとばかりに"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "particle"
      },
      "expansion": "table",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ojp",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Japanese",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "table\nFrom Old Japanese. Previously unvoiced as so until the Nara period.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "zo",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "particle"
      },
      "expansion": "ぞ • (zo)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese colloquialisms",
        "Japanese men's speech terms",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I'm gonna do it!",
          "roman": "Yaru zo!",
          "text": "やるぞ!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "You may not steal and eat food in other houses, ever.",
          "ref": "1925, Denji Kuroshima, 「紋」",
          "roman": "yoso de meshi o nusunde kūtari suru n ja nai zo",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "飯",
              "めし"
            ],
            [
              "盗",
              "ぬす"
            ],
            [
              "食",
              "く"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "よそで飯を盗んで食うたりするんじゃないぞ"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a particle used at the end of sentences, which indicates certainty or emphasis."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "certainty",
          "certainty"
        ],
        [
          "emphasis",
          "emphasis"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "men's speech",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, men's speech) a particle used at the end of sentences, which indicates certainty or emphasis."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It feels like we can hear voice of singers somewhere.",
          "ref": "1909, Mokutaro Kinoshita, 南蛮寺門前",
          "roman": "dokozo de uta utau koe ga kikoeru yō ya nō",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "何",
              "ど"
            ],
            [
              "処",
              "こ"
            ],
            [
              "歌",
              "うた"
            ],
            [
              "声",
              "こえ"
            ],
            [
              "聞",
              "きこ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "何処ぞで歌うたふ声が聞えるやうやのう"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a particle used as a suffix to an interrogative word to mark it indefinite."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "indefinite",
          "indefinite"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with archaic senses",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Without the spirit of treasuring simplification, how could this kind of things ever happen.",
          "ref": "1932, Yoshio Mikami, 和算の社会的・芸術的特性について",
          "roman": "Tanjunka o tōtobu seishin ga nakushite, nanzo, kono shu no koto ga okite koyō zo.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "単",
              "たん"
            ],
            [
              "純",
              "じゅん"
            ],
            [
              "化",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "貴",
              "とうと"
            ],
            [
              "精",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "神",
              "しん"
            ],
            [
              "無",
              "な"
            ],
            [
              "種",
              "しゅ"
            ],
            [
              "起",
              "お"
            ],
            [
              "来",
              "こ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "単純化を貴ぶ精神が無くして、なんぞ、この種のことが起きて来ようぞ。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a particle which makes a question emphasized or rhetorical, used at the end of a sentence or appended to an interrogative word."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rhetorical",
          "rhetorical"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) a particle which makes a question emphasized or rhetorical, used at the end of a sentence or appended to an interrogative word."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese men's speech terms",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "This is the true power of a dictionary!!",
          "roman": "Kore zo jiten no hontō no chikara da‼",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "辞",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "典",
              "てん"
            ],
            [
              "本",
              "ほん"
            ],
            [
              "当",
              "とう"
            ],
            [
              "力",
              "ちから"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "これぞ辞典の本当の力だ‼"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "topic particle used for emphasis"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "topic",
          "topic#English"
        ],
        [
          "particle",
          "particle#English"
        ],
        [
          "emphasis",
          "emphasis#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "men's speech",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(predicative, men's speech) topic particle used for emphasis"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "predicative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡zo̞]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Japanese_particles#zo",
    "Nara period"
  ],
  "word": "ぞ"
}

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