Meanings
Entry 1 · ending
- (informal addressee-lowering) A sentence-final ending used when asking again or admiring an unexpected fact in surprise.
Entry 2 · ending
- (formal, highly addressee-lowering) A sentence-final ending used to express a question about a certain fact that is assumed to have been already given.
Entry 3
- An expression used to indicate that the speaker is surprised or impressed by the explanation or statement heard.
- An expression used to indicate that the explanation or statement heard is the basis for the speaker's judgment.
- An expression used to indicate that the speaker is surprised or impressed by the order or request heard.
- An expression used to indicate that the order or request heard is the basis for the speaker's judgment.
Entry 4
- (informal addressee-lowering) An expression used to ask the listener about what another person said.
- (informal addressee-lowering) An expression used to ask the listener about the order the listener was given.