Illustration: Behind the counter of a small soba shop, a seasoned cook catches a slipping stack of empty bowls with one practiced hand while keeping a serving tray level in the other. An apprentice, whose own modest stack wobbles, watches with an admiring smile and a small nod of recognition.

JLPT N3adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

さすが

sasuga

just as expected

Example sentences

  1. さすがだね。君きみならやってくれると思おもっていたよ。

    Excellent! It’s just like you to come through like that.

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  2. さすが、彼かれは期待きたいを裏切うらぎらないね。

    That’s just what one would expect of him.

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  3. 彼かれはさすが大学だいがくに行いっただけのことはある。

    He did not go to college for nothing.

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