否応

Japanese

Kanji in this term
否	応
いや Grade: 6	おう Grade: 5
yutōyomi

Alternative spelling
否應 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 否(いや) (iya) + 応(おう) (ō).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いやおー [ìyáóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
(Tokyo) いやおー [ìyáóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ija̠o̞ː]

Noun

否(いや)応(おう) • (iya-ō) ^{←いやおう (iyaou)^?}

yay and nay; yes and no
否応(いやおう)無(な)しに
iyaō nashi ni
compulsorily; forbidding saying yes or no

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN