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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

どうやら

N1
douyara
  1. it seems like
  2. somehow or other
adverb

Chinese meanings

似乎;总算

Examples

  • どうやら食たべ過すぎたみたいだ。
    I'm afraid I've eaten too much.
    我似乎吃多了。
  • 午ご後ごはどうやら雨あめになりそうだ。
    It feels like it will rain in the afternoon.
    下午看起来要下雨。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('f49ebb3f1c'); // どうやら
{
  "id": "f49ebb3f1c",
  "word": "どうやら",
  "reading": "どうやら",
  "romaji": "douyara",
  "meanings": [
    "it seems like",
    "somehow or other"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "adv"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1009020,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "どうやら食べ過ぎたみたいだ。",
      "furigana": "どうやら{食|た}べ{過|す}ぎたみたいだ。",
      "en": "I'm afraid I've eaten too much.",
      "tatoeba_id": 201130
    },
    {
      "ja": "午後はどうやら雨になりそうだ。",
      "furigana": "{午後|ごご}はどうやら{雨|あめ}になりそうだ。",
      "en": "It feels like it will rain in the afternoon.",
      "tatoeba_id": 174393
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "6592f8f5de8c5556678ed63e3b2215472a6c22111d99e3f5de64255a8ab6e1a4",
    "meanings": [
      "似乎",
      "总算"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "どうやら食べ過ぎたみたいだ。",
        "zh": "我似乎吃多了。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "午後はどうやら雨になりそうだ。",
        "zh": "下午看起来要下雨。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/f49ebb3f1c",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1009020; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "4ae2ab112c0eb2c3062db1867e95b72972790160da5a49ee40afab0dc7df61db"
  }
}