どうやらこうやら

Japanese

Etymology

Compound of どうやら +‎ こうやら, emphatic form of どうやら

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) どーやらこ​ーやら [dòóyárákóꜜòyàrà] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • (Tokyo) ど​ーやらこーやら [dóꜜòyàràkòòyàrà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [do̞ːja̠ɾa̠ko̞ːja̠ɾa̠]

Adverb

どうやらこうやら • (dōyarakōyara) 

  1. somehow or other

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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