やっぱり

Japanese

Alternative spelling
矢っ張り (rare)

Alternative forms

(informal) やっぱ (yappa)

Etymology

Emphatic pronunciation of やはり (yahari).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) やっぱり [yàppáꜜrì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [ja̠p̚pa̠ɾʲi]

Adverb

やっぱり • (yappari)

(emphatic) Alternative form of やはり (yahari)
やっぱり田(た)中(なか)さんは来(こ)なかった。
Yappari Tanaka-san wa konakatta.
As expected, Ms. Tanaka didn't come.

やっぱり人(にん)間(げん)っていうのは弱(よわ)いな。
Yappari ningen tte iu no wa yowai na.
All human beings are weak as I expected.

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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