"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, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries 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: 87 13 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10

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

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        [
          "reluctantly",
          "reluctantly"
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        [
          "grudgingly",
          "grudgingly"
        ],
        [
          "unwillingly",
          "unwillingly"
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        [
          "against",
          "against"
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        [
          "will",
          "will"
        ]
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          "english": "\"...so, uh, then she must come from a farming family...\" - \"Not at all. She is the wife of a very wealthy man.\"",
          "ref": "1906, Kyōka Izumi, 春昼:",
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          "ruby": [
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              "農",
              "のう"
            ],
            [
              "家",
              "か"
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            [
              "娘",
              "むすめ"
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            [
              "否々",
              "いやいや"
            ],
            [
              "大",
              "だい"
            ],
            [
              "財",
              "ざい"
            ],
            [
              "産",
              "さん"
            ],
            [
              "家",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "細",
              "さい"
            ],
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              "君",
              "くん"
            ]
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          "厭々",
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          "reluctantly",
          "reluctantly"
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          "ruby": [
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              "農",
              "のう"
            ],
            [
              "家",
              "か"
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              "娘",
              "むすめ"
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              "否々",
              "いやいや"
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              "大",
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            [
              "財",
              "ざい"
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            [
              "産",
              "さん"
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              "家",
              "か"
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              "細",
              "さい"
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              "君",
              "くん"
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Download raw JSONL data for いやいや meaning in Japanese (2.6kB)

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