やん

Japanese

Alternative forms

• (Kanto dialect) じゃん (jan)

Etymology

Contraction of やんか (yanka), itself from やないか (yanaika).

Verb

やん • (yan) 

1. (informal, Kansai dialect) isn't it? right?

   一日中勉強するとゆったのに、遊んどるだけやん。

   Even though you said you were going to study all day, you're just playing around, huh?