是

Meaning

是 centers on affirming correctness: something that is right, just, or exactly so. The demonstrative senses (this, here) are natural extensions of pointing to what is correct or agreed upon.

• 是非ぜひ
  N5

  certainly; without fail

• 是ぜ

  righteousness; justice; right

• 是正ぜせい
  N1

  correction; revision; redressing; rectifying

• 是非ともぜひとも
  N3

  by all means; at all costs; absolutely

• 是認ぜにん

  approval; approbation; endorsement

• 国是こくぜ

  national policy

• 社是しゃぜ

  company policy

• 是々非々ぜぜひひ

  free and unbiased; fair and just; ruling or judging what's right is right and what's wrong is wrong; calling spade a spade

• 党是とうぜ

  party platform; party principles

• 色即是空しきそくぜくう

  form is emptiness; matter is void; all is vanity

• 是非是非ぜひぜひ

  certainly; by all means

• 是か非かぜかひか

  right or wrong

• 是が非でもぜがひでも

  rightly or wrongly; by all possible means; at all costs; at any cost; no matter what (happens); by fair means or foul

• 今是昨非こんぜさくひ

  complete reversal of values or ways of thinking (over time); What appeared wrong in the past now appears right; realizing and regretting the past errors of one's ways

• 十如是じゅうにょぜ

  ten thusnesses (in Tendai)

• 如是にょぜ

  ("like this"; often the opening word of a sutra)

• 如是我聞にょぜがもん

  thus I hear (quote from the sutras); these ears have heard

• 定数是正ていすうぜせい

  reapportionment (of Diet seats)

• 実事求是じつじきゅうぜ

  practical search for the truth

• 店是てんぜ

  shop policy

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