"いやいや" meaning in Japanese

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Adverb

Forms: いやいや [canonical], イヤイヤ [canonical], iyaiya [romanization]
Etymology: Reduplication of いや (iya). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|いや}} いや (iya) Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb|イヤイヤ}} いやいや or イヤイヤ • (iyaiya)
  1. 嫌々, 厭々: reluctantly, grudgingly; unwillingly; against one's will.
    Sense id: en-いやいや-ja-adv-IJmhy2M3 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 86 14 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 86 14 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 87 13

Interjection

Forms: iyaiya [romanization]
Etymology: Reduplication of いや (iya). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|いや}} いや (iya) Head templates: {{ja-pos|interjection|いやいや}} いやいや • (iyaiya)
  1. Expresses emphatic disagreement
    Sense id: en-いやいや-ja-intj-UNrYErsK

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for いやいや meaning in Japanese (2.7kB)

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          "ref": "1906, Kyōka Izumi, 春昼",
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