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然も

さも

seemingly; as if; just as though; very much so

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Examples

  1. 彼は然も嬉しそうに笑った。

    かれはさもうれしそうにわらった。

    He laughed as though he were delighted.

  2. 笑いで誤魔化すと、亜美さんは然も不機嫌そうに眉を寄せた。

    わらいでごまかすと、あみさんはさもふきげんそうにまゆをよせた。

    Ami frowned in a thoroughly un-amused way as I brushed her off with a laugh.

  3. 彼は然も当然だと言わんばかりの態度だった。

    かれはさもとうぜんだといわんばかりのたいどだった。

    His manner said, as plainly as could be, that he took it entirely for granted.

Common patterns

然も〜そうに
with every appearance of being ...
然も当然のように
as if it were only natural
然もありなん
that is only to be expected

Memory tip

Warning on the reading: 然も spelled this way is also read しかも, 'moreover'. As さも it pairs with 〜そうに / 〜ように and describes someone looking very much a certain way, often with a hint that the speaker doubts it. Write it in kana to avoid the ambiguity.

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