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いよいよ

N2
iyoiyo
  1. more and more
  2. all the more
  3. increasingly
  4. at last
  5. beyond doubt
adverb

Also written 愈々

Chinese meanings

终于;越来越

Examples

  • いよいよ千せん載ざい一いち遇ぐう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。
  • 雨あめ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"
  }
}