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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

やや

N3
yaya
  1. a little
  2. partially
  3. somewhat
  4. a short time
  5. a while
adverbprenominal

Also written 稍

Chinese meanings

稍微

Examples

  • 中ちゅう古こ車しゃにしてはこの値ね段だんはやや高たかい。
    The price is kind of high for a used car.
    作为二手车,这个价格稍高。
  • この学がっ校こうは規き律りつがやや緩ゆるやかだ。
    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"
  }
}