Wiktionary

やっぱり

Japanese

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Alternative spelling
矢っ張り (rare)

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Emphatic pronunciation of やはり (yahari).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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やっぱり • (yappari) 

  1. (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

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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