why isn't "そなわち" in dictionaries? what does it mean?


I am pretty sure that I have heard the phrase "そなわち" used to begin sentences.
Googling "そなわち" returns about 35,000 pages. Just like I remember, most use
"そなわち" as a phrase at the beginning of a sentence. However, neither [goo
dict](http://www.goo.ne.jp/) or [jisho dict](http://jisho.org/) have this
phrase.

  * what does "そなわち" mean?
  * Why isn't "そなわち" in either of those dictionaries?
  * Goo and Jisho are probably weak dictionaries. What are the jp/jp, eng/jp, jp/eng dictionaries that the moderators use?




The word you are looking for is **す** なわち and should be in every dictionary.
It means "therefore"/"namely".




The word you are looking for is **す** なわち and should be in every dictionary.
It means "therefore"/"namely".

