ほやほや

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation 1

Adjective

ほやほや • (hoyahoya) ←ほやほや (foyafoya)?-na (adnominal ほやほやな (hoyahoya na), adverbial ほやほやに (hoyahoya ni))

  1. (of food) freshly warm
  2. (of a matter) new; recent
Inflection
Inflection of ほやほや
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) ほやほやだろ hoyahoya daro
Continuative (連用形) ほやほやで hoyahoya de
Terminal (終止形) ほやほやだ hoyahoya da
Attributive (連体形) ほやほやな hoyahoya na
Hypothetical (仮定形) ほやほやなら hoyahoya nara
Imperative (命令形) ほやほやであれ hoyahoya de are
Key constructions
Informal negative ほやほやではない
ほやほやじゃない 		hoyahoya de wa nai
hoyahoya ja nai
Informal past ほやほやだった hoyahoya datta
Informal negative past ほやほやではなかった
ほやほやじゃなかった 		hoyahoya de wa nakatta
hoyahoya ja nakatta
Formal ほやほやです hoyahoya desu
Formal negative ほやほやではありません
ほやほやじゃありません 		hoyahoya de wa arimasen
hoyahoya ja arimasen
Formal past ほやほやでした hoyahoya deshita
Formal negative past ほやほやではありませんでした
ほやほやじゃありませんでした 		hoyahoya de wa arimasen deshita
hoyahoya ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive ほやほやで hoyahoya de
Conditional ほやほやなら（ば） hoyahoya nara (ba)
Provisional ほやほやだったら hoyahoya dattara
Volitional ほやほやだろう hoyahoya darō
Adverbial ほやほやに hoyahoya ni
Degree ほやほやさ hoyahoyasa
Noun

ほやほや • (hoyahoya) ←ほやほや (foyafoya)?

  1. (of food) being freshly warm
  2. (of a matter) being new; being recent
    付(つ)き合(あ)いたてほやほやの彼(かれ)氏(し)
    tsukiaitate hoyahoya no kareshi
    new boyfriend

Pronunciation 2

Adverb

ほやほや • (hoyahoya) ←ほやほや (foyafoya)?

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Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Interjection

ほやほや • (hoya hoya) 

  1. (Fukui) that’s right
    Synonym: (standard) そうそう (sō sō)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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