"いよいよ" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [Japanese]

IPA: [ijo̞ijo̞] Forms: iyoiyo [romanization]
Etymology: Reduplication of the archaic adverb いよ (iyo, “more and more, increasingly”), shift of いや (iya, “more and more, increasingly”), in turn from the prefix い (i) and the adverb や (ya, “more and more, increasingly”). Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb}} いよいよ • (iyoiyo)
  1. more and more; increasingly Synonyms: ますます
    Sense id: en-いよいよ-ja-adv-CkDIkE4z
  2. finally; at last Synonyms: とうとう
    Sense id: en-いよいよ-ja-adv-3gvpGPEk
  3. indeed; really; no doubt Synonyms: 確かに
    Sense id: en-いよいよ-ja-adv-QrINJta5 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 25 0 75 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 23 0 77 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 22 0 78

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