いや

Japanese

Etymology 1
Alternative spellings
嫌
厭 (uncommon)
厭や (uncommon)

Possibly onomatopoeia as a general expression of disgust. Compare similar terms in many different languages, such as English yuck, Finnish yök, Arabic يَع (yaʕ), Turkish ıyak, Thai ยี้ (yíi).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Adjective

いや • (iya) -na (adnominal いやな (iya na na), adverbial いやに (iya ni ni))

  1. disagreeable, unpleasant, disgusting, offensive, abhorrent
    嫌(いや)な顔(かお)をする
    iya na kao o suru
    to make weird faces
    嫌(いや)な女(おんな)
    iya na onna
    unpleasant woman → bitch
    嫌(いや)なことを言(い)う
    iya na koto o iu
    to say awful things
    ぞっとするほど嫌(いや)な目(め)に合(あ)った。
    Zotto suru hodo iya na me ni atta.
    They met with a shockingly abhorrent experience.
Usage notes

いや (iya) sounds more masculine than やだ (yada), which has the same meaning but is more feminine.

Inflection
Inflection of いや
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) いやだろ iya daro
Continuative (連用形) いやで iya de
Terminal (終止形) いやだ iya da
Attributive (連体形) いやな iya na
Hypothetical (仮定形) いやなら iya nara
Imperative (命令形) いやであれ iya de are
Key constructions
Informal negative いやではない
いやじゃない		 iya de wa nai
iya ja nai
Informal past いやだった iya datta
Informal negative past いやではなかった
いやじゃなかった		 iya de wa nakatta
iya ja nakatta
Formal いやです iya desu
Formal negative いやではありません
いやじゃありません		 iya de wa arimasen
iya ja arimasen
Formal past いやでした iya deshita
Formal negative past いやではありませんでした
いやじゃありませんでした		 iya de wa arimasen deshita
iya ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive いやで iya de
Conditional いやなら（ば） iya nara (ba)
Provisional いやだったら iya dattara
Volitional いやだろう iya darō
Adverbial いやに iya ni
Degree いやさ iyasa
Derived terms
Derived terms

Interjection

いや • (iya) 

  1. yuck, ew
See also

Etymology 2
Alternative spelling
否

Alternative forms
  • (repeated) いやいや (iya iya), いやいやいや (iya iya iya)

Pronunciation

Interjection

いや • (iya) 

  1. no, incorrect
    いや、違(ちが)うだろ。
    Iya, chigau daro.
    No, that's definitely not it.

Alternative forms
  • いやあ (iyā), いやぁ (iyā), いやー (iyā)

Pronunciation

Interjection

いや • (iya) 

  1. Exclamation of surprise in contrast to expectations.
    いやぁ、驚(おどろ)いたな。
    Iyā, odoroita na.
    What a surprise.
  2. Exclamation used when one finds it difficult to onboard.
    いやぁ、そう言(い)われてもなぁ。
    Iyā, sō iwaretemo nā.
    I mean, even if you say so [tell me to, etc.], it's just… [somewhat difficult].

Etymology 4
Alternative spelling
礼

/wiya/ → /iya/.

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ija̠]

Noun

いや • (iya) ←ゐや (wiya)?

  1. the act of respecting one; reverence
See also

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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