ざま

[様] ¶なんて～だ(見られたものではない)

What a sight you are!

¶→様あ見ろ

態
plight
state
appearance

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ざま【様】

¶なんて～だ(見られたものではない)

What a sight you are!

¶ → 様あ見ろ

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I

ざま

〔ありさま〕 a sorry state; a hell of a [sorry] situation; 〔ようす〕 a disgraceful [shameful] appearance; 〔光景〕 a spectacle. [⇒ありさま]

●ざまを見ろ[ざまあ見ろ], いい気味だ! Good for you! It serves [Serves] you right!

●何というざまだ. 〔面と向かって言う時〕 For shame! | Shame on you! | 〔第三者を言う時〕 What a sorry state he's in! | What a hell of a mess!

・このざまはどうしたんだ. How did you get into this mess?

・見られたざまじゃないね, 君のその格好は. The way you look now is one hell of an eyesore, you know that?

・あいつの悔しそうな顔! 全くいいざまだった. You should've seen the vexation on the guy's face! It couldn't have happened to a better guy.

・こんなところで転ぶなんて, 全くざまはないよ. Of all places to trip and fall―it looks pathetic.

II

-ざま【-様】

1 〔方向〕

●雨が横ざまに激しく降っていた. It was raining so hard it was falling horizontally [sideways].

・暴漢を後ろざまに投げ飛ばした. He threw the thug back (behind him).

2 〔(動詞の連用形について)それと同時に〕 in the act of doing.

●擦れ違いざま財布を引ったくられた. My wallet was picked just as I was brushing past somebody.

・その男は振り向きざま殴りかかってきた. He turned around and immediately struck out at me.

3 〔(動詞の連用形について)そのようす〕

●言いざま the manner of saying

・死にざま the way [how] sb dies

・彼女の壮絶な生きざまを描いた小説 a novel that depicts her heroic manner of life.