やや
N3 yaya
- a little
- partially
- somewhat
- a short time
- a while
adverbprenominal
Also written 稍
Chinese meanings
稍微
Examples
- 中古車にしてはこの値段はやや高い。The price is kind of high for a used car.作为二手车,这个价格稍高。
- この学校は規律がやや緩やかだ。Discipline is rather mild at this school.这所学校的纪律稍微宽松。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('586d4c294b'); // やや
{
"id": "586d4c294b",
"word": "やや",
"reading": "やや",
"romaji": "yaya",
"meanings": [
"a little",
"partially",
"somewhat",
"a short time",
"a while"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"adv",
"adj-f"
],
"jmdict_id": 1570120,
"other_forms": [
"稍"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "中古車にしてはこの値段はやや高い。",
"furigana": "{中古車|ちゅうこしゃ}にしてはこの{値段|ねだん}はやや{高|たか}い。",
"en": "The price is kind of high for a used car.",
"tatoeba_id": 126512
},
{
"ja": "この学校は規律がやや緩やかだ。",
"furigana": "この{学校|がっこう}は{規律|きりつ}がやや{緩|ゆる}やかだ。",
"en": "Discipline is rather mild at this school.",
"tatoeba_id": 222599
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "126b302c8d77686d77f3de5e1cf2b97a5f6f7444a2b20d15e0a626a3e7ba4c7b",
"meanings": [
"稍微"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "中古車にしてはこの値段はやや高い。",
"zh": "作为二手车,这个价格稍高。"
},
{
"ja": "この学校は規律がやや緩やかだ。",
"zh": "这所学校的纪律稍微宽松。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/586d4c294b",
"JMdict ent_seq 1570120; 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": "6b01488d72b2353eefe3c5a427ae88f9129e2bbf4200aed274816b553f5e770d"
}
}