流石に

Reading

Kana: さすがに

Romaji: sasugani

Definitions

adv

1

as one would expect

Note: word usually written using kana alone

See also: 流石

2

still; all the same

Kanji

流

Readings: リュウ、 ル、 なが.れる、 なが.れ、 なが.す、 -なが.す

Meanings: current, a sink, flow, forfeit

石

Readings: セキ、 シャク、 コク、 いし

Meaning: stone

Example Sentences

本当(ほんとう)の事(こと)を言(い)ったとはさすがに勇気(ゆうき)がある。

➥You were courageous to tell the truth.

さすがに偉大(いだい)な学者(がくしゃ)だけあって、彼(かれ)はその問(と)いに容易(ようい)に答(こた)えた。

➥Like the great scholar that he was, he answered the question easily.

年(とし)の功(こう)というのか、彼(かれ)の意見(いけん)はさすがに一(いち)日(にち)の長(なが)いがあるね。

➥Maybe it's his age but his opinions seem a little more grounded in experience than everyone else's.

ただ、毎日(まいにち)だとさすがに飽(あ)きるだろう。もっと料理(りょうり)のバリエーションを増(ふ)やさないと。

➥It's just if we have it every day we're bound to get fed up with it. I must increase the variety of my cooking.