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稍

やや

a little; partially; somewhat; a short time; a while

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Examples

  1. 今日は稍寒い。

    きょうはややさむい。

    It's somewhat cold today.

  2. この学校は規律が稍緩やかだ。

    このがっこうはきりつがややゆるやかだ。

    Discipline is rather mild at this school.

  3. 売り上げは前年より稍増加した。

    うりあげはぜんねんよりややぞうかした。

    Sales rose slightly over the previous year.

Common patterns

やや高い
slightly high
やや異なる
to differ somewhat
ややあって
after a short while

Memory tip

The written-register counterpart of ちょっと — news copy and reports use やや, conversation uses ちょっと. ややあって is a fixed phrase meaning 'after a short pause'. The kanji 稍 is essentially never written.

Kanji in this word

  • 稍Not in the N5–N1 kanji lists

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