いや

no

N4Common wordInterjection
Interjection
no

Example Sentences

いや駄目です。

No, you may not.

いや特にないわ。

Nothing special.

いや駄目だ、今すぐに行かなくちゃいけない。

No, we have to go now.

(かれ)女は(かれ)を憎んではいない、いや実際は愛している。

She doesn't hate him. In fact, she loves him.

(わたし)は教授です、いやもっと正確に言えば、助教授です。

I'm a professor, or rather an associate professor, to be exact.

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