いよいよ
N2 iyoiyo
- more and more
- all the more
- increasingly
- at last
- beyond doubt
adverb
Also written 愈々
Chinese meanings
终于;越来越
Examples
- いよいよ千載一遇のチャンスがめぐってきた。At last, a chance in a million arrived.千载难逢的机会终于来了。
- 雨はやむどころかいよいよひどくなった。Instead of stopping, the rain increased.雨不但没停,反而越来越大。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('17c46940e9'); // いよいよ
{
"id": "17c46940e9",
"word": "いよいよ",
"reading": "いよいよ",
"romaji": "iyoiyo",
"meanings": [
"more and more",
"all the more",
"increasingly",
"at last",
"beyond doubt"
],
"level": "N2",
"pos": [
"adv"
],
"jmdict_id": 1587670,
"other_forms": [
"愈々"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "いよいよ千載一遇のチャンスがめぐってきた。",
"furigana": "いよいよ{千載一遇|せんざいいちぐう}のチャンスがめぐってきた。",
"en": "At last, a chance in a million arrived.",
"tatoeba_id": 228463
},
{
"ja": "雨はやむどころかいよいよひどくなった。",
"furigana": "{雨|あめ}はやむどころかいよいよひどくなった。",
"en": "Instead of stopping, the rain increased.",
"tatoeba_id": 189552
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "893dd987575f85f32e8d1b365df966a2b04d404c59a3e73c8dee62984cdb8c1b",
"meanings": [
"终于",
"越来越"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "いよいよ千載一遇のチャンスがめぐってきた。",
"zh": "千载难逢的机会终于来了。"
},
{
"ja": "雨はやむどころかいよいよひどくなった。",
"zh": "雨不但没停,反而越来越大。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n2/17c46940e9",
"JMdict ent_seq 1587670; local JMdict_e.gz",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "9b325bee4ddae5433e38181dd5c92ae1d50a749990d84295690608324d1c9f8e"
}
}