Japanese

Adverb

態と ‎(hiragana わざと, romaji waza to)

1. on purpose, deliberately, intentionally
   • 1632: Diego Collado, Dictionarium sive thesauri linguae Iaponicae compendium, p. 5

     A Conſilio . de propoſito , a poſta . vazàto .

   • 1867: James Curtis Hepburn, A Japanese and English Dictionary, p. 520

     Waza-to, ワザト, 態, adv. Intentionally, purposely, by design.

Synonyms

• 態々 (わざわざ) ‎(wazawaza)

Related terms

• 技 (わざ) ‎(waza), 業 (わざ) ‎(waza): an intentional act or action

References

1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, ISBN 4-09-501211-0