とうぜん

当 然

Common word

  1. nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no', adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

    natural, right, proper, just, reasonable, appropriate, deserved

    • 彼が息子の自慢をするのは当然だ。
      It is only natural that he be proud of his son.

  2. adverb (fukushi)

    naturally, as a matter of course, rightly, deservedly, justly, of course

    • ボルボ衝突したので、うちの車の方が当然ひどい目にあった。
      In the collision with a Volvo, our car naturally got the worst of it.