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矢っ張り

やっぱり

as I thought; after all; still; also; all the same

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Examples

  1. 矢っ張り何とかやってのけたね。

    やっぱりなんとかやってのけたね。

    You managed it after all.

  2. 矢っ張り彼は来なかった。

    やっぱりかれはこなかった。

    He didn't come, just as I expected.

  3. 色々考えたが、矢っ張り最初の案が一番いいと思う。

    いろいろかんがえたが、やっぱりさいしょのあんがいちばんいいとおもう。

    I've thought it over, but I still think the first plan is the best.

Common patterns

やっぱりそうだ
I knew it
やっぱりやめる
to call it off after all
やっぱり無理だ
it's impossible after all, as expected

Memory tip

The kanji 矢っ張り is 当て字 — write it in kana. Register ladder: やはり is the formal form, やっぱり conversational, やっぱ casual male speech. It flags that reality matched your expectation, or that you have reverted to an earlier view.

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