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Japanese
Etymology
Emphatic pronunciation of やはり (yahari).
Pronunciation
Adverb
やっぱり • (yappari)
- (emphatic) Alternative form of やはり (yahari)
- やっぱり田中さんは来なかった。
- Yappari Tanaka-san wa konakatta.
- As expected, Ms. Tanaka didn't come.
- やっぱり人間っていうのは弱いな。
- 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, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN