いやに
strangely, awfully
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Examples
今日はいやに静かだ。
きょうはいやにしずかだ。
It is strangely quiet today.
彼はいやに親切だ。
かれはいやにしんせつだ。
He is being suspiciously kind.
いやに詳しいね。何か知っているの。
いやにくわしいね。なにかしっているの。
You know an awful lot about this. Do you know something?
今日の彼女はいやに機嫌がよくて、かえって不安になる。
きょうのかのじょはいやにきげんがよくて、かえってふあんになる。
She is in oddly good spirits today, which actually makes me uneasy.
Common patterns
- いやに静か
- strangely quiet
- いやに親切
- suspiciously kind
- いやに詳しい
- awfully well-informed
Memory tip
Spoken, and it always carries suspicion: the degree is unusual enough to make you wonder why. Swappable with 妙に and やけに, but never a neutral 'very'.
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