や否や (ya ina ya)

Meaning

  1. the minute (that) …

All JLPT 1 grammar : や否や(や否や, ya ina ya), the minute (that) …; no sooner than …, Expression

Example

日本語意味
彼女を一目見るやいなや、彼は恋してしまった。As soon as he took a look at her, he fell in love.
彼女は母親を見るやいなや大声で叫んだ。She cried out the moment she saw her mother.
彼女は彼を見つけるやいなや、わっと泣き出した。No sooner had she found him than she burst into tears.
彼女は私を見るや否や、わっと泣き出した。The moment she saw me, she burst into tears.

Vocabulary

日本語ローマ字意味
koilove
彼女kanojoshe, her
ichione
meeye, eyeball
見るmiruto see, to look, to watch
大声oogoeloud voice
母親hahaoyamother
見つけるmitsukeruto discover, to find
iieno, nay
watashiI, me

Kanji

漢字おんよみくんよみ意味
ジョ,ニョ,ニョウおんな, めwoman, female
ケンみ.る, み.える, み.せるsee, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible
モク,ボクめ, -め, ま-eye, look
かれ, かの, か.のhe, that, the
はは, もmother
ダイ,タイおお-, おお.きい, -おお.いにlarge, big
シンおや, おや-, した.しいparent, intimacy
セイ,ショウこえ, こわ-voice
シュツ,スイで.る, -で, だ.すexit, leave, go out, come out, put out
わたくし, わたしprivate, me
いな, いやnegate, no, decline

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