How do you read and pronounce そうは問屋が卸さない?

そうは問屋が卸さない is read as "souhaton'yagaorosanai" in romaji. Practice pronunciation with the built-in audio trainer on Nihoner.

How do you use そうは問屋が卸さない in a sentence?

Example: とてもそうは問屋が卸さないですね。 Drop い to get the stem: add くない (negative), かった (past), くて (te-form).

What kanji are in そうは問屋が卸さない?

そうは問屋が卸さない contains the kanji: 問 and 屋 and 卸. Each character's stroke order, readings, and meanings are broken down on this page.

そうは問屋が卸さない – Japanese Meaning, Romaji Reading & AI Pronunciation Practice

Q: What does そうは問屋が卸さない mean in Japanese?

そうは問屋が卸さない (souhaton'yagaorosanai) means "things don't work that well in the real world, things seldom go as one wishes, that is expecting too much, it won't be that easy" in Japanese.

そうは問屋が卸さない

souhaton'yagaorosanai

things don't work that well in the real world, things seldom go as one wishes, that is expecting too much, it won't be that easy

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souhaton'yagaorosanai things don't work that well in the real world, things seldom go as one wishes, that is expecting too much, it won't be that easy

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Kanji Breakdown

問

Question, Ask, Problem

On: もん Kun: と.う,と.い,とん

11 strokes N4

屋

Roof, House, Shop, Dealer, Seller

On: おく Kun: や

9 strokes N4

卸

Wholesale

On: しゃ Kun: おろ.す,おろし,おろ.し

9 strokes N1

How to Use This Word

I-adjective (い形容詞)

Pattern

そうは問屋が卸さない → そうは問屋が卸さなくない → そうは問屋が卸さなかった → そうは問屋が卸さなくて

💡 Drop い to get the stem: add くない (negative), かった (past), くて (te-form).

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とてもそうは問屋が卸さないですね。

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