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さもありなん (samoarinan) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
じ 字 Furigana
Kanji 然 sort of thing, so, if so Related words さも さも is an adverb meaning 'really' or 'truly', while さもありなん is a fixed expression meaning 'it's probably so'.
ありうる ありうる means 'possible' or 'can happen', whereas さもありなん expresses a judgment that something is likely or reasonable.
Etymology A fossilized classical expression from さも “so; indeed” and ありなむ, comprising あり “be” and the conjectural auxiliary む. The final む developed into ん, giving the sense “it surely must be so.”
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It's only natural that he got angry; anyone would be upset after being told something like that.
This outcome seems quite plausible.