"やれやれ" meaning in Japanese

See やれやれ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: [ja̠ɾe̞ja̠ɾe̞] Forms: yareyare [romanization]
Etymology: Reduplication of やれ (yare). Etymology templates: {{reduplication of|ja}} Reduplication, {{ja-r|やれ}} やれ (yare) Head templates: {{ja-pos|interjection}} やれやれ • (yareyare)
  1. oh, well (an exclamation or disappointment)
    Sense id: en-やれやれ-ja-intj-tYGKSMnz
  2. sigh (interjection used when one is tired), good grief
    Sense id: en-やれやれ-ja-intj-G4AL4JXU Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese reduplications, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 4 46 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 1 48 51 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 1 48 51 Disambiguation of Japanese reduplications: 6 45 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 1 48 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 44 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 48 49
  3. thank goodness (interjection of relief)
    Sense id: en-やれやれ-ja-intj-5ucQunOo Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese reduplications, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 4 46 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 1 48 51 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 1 48 51 Disambiguation of Japanese reduplications: 6 45 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 1 48 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 44 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 48 49

Alternative forms

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        "thank goodness (interjection of relief)"
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          "thank goodness",
          "thank goodness"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ja̠ɾe̞ja̠ɾe̞]"
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Download raw JSONL data for やれやれ meaning in Japanese (1.3kB)

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