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いや

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word いや

Interjection
Usually kana
Freq #1602
1

no

Examples
「今日の新聞にいいニュース何かある?」「いや、特にないね」
"Any good news in today's paper?" "No, nothing in particular."

Kanji in this Word

7 strokes
Frequency: 561
JLPT N2
Grade 6

Meanings

negate
no
noes
refuse
decline
deny

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
いな
いや
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