"いよいよ" meaning in Japanese

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Adverb

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 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 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 91 0 9 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 88 0 12 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 89 0 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 89 0 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 0 13
  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

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for いよいよ meaning in Japanese (1.3kB)

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