Lingakuいいえ
Frequency rank: 2,013. (for form いや: 106.)
- no; nayword usually written using kana alone
- well; er; whyword usually written using kana alone
- you're welcome; not at all; don't mention itword usually written using kana alone
interjection (kandoushi)
Forms
- いいえFrequency rank: 2,013.
- 否【いいえ】【いいや】【いえ】【いな】【いや】Frequency rank: 3,708. – 3,711.
- いいやFrequency rank: 7,288. – 7,299.
- いえFrequency rank: 663.
- いなFrequency rank: 30,783. – 31,057.
- いやFrequency rank: 106.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- no; nay
- well; er; why
- you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
Used to deny, refuse, or give a negative response in a polite manner.
Used as an expression when hesitating, thinking, or expressing doubt.
Used as a polite response to someone's thanks or appreciation.
Generated collocations (experimental)
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
- しつもん質問にはんたい反対したり、かんゆう勧誘やめいれい命令をことわる断るばあい場合につかう使うご語．.
- きごう（こうていてき肯定的しつもん質問のれい例きごう）きごう「とうきょう東京しゅっしん出身ですか．.きごう」きごう「いいえ、おおさか大阪しゅっしん出身です．.きごう」
- きごう（ひていてき否定的しつもん質問のれい例きごう）きごう「いえ家のかぎ鍵をかけ掛（か）けなかったでしょうきごう?きごう」きごう「いいえ、ちゃんとかけました掛けました．.きごう」
- きごう（かんゆう勧誘をことわる断るれい例きごう）きごう「どうぞ、ゆっくりおちゃお茶でものんで飲んでいってください．.きごう」きごう「いいえ、もうしわけ申し訳ありませんが、もういか行かねばなりません．.きごう」きごう（ようほう用法きごう）かんゆう勧誘をきごう「いいえきごう」だけでことわる断ると、ぶっきらぼうないんしょうをあたえる印象を与える．.しゃざい謝罪のことば言葉をもちいる用いるのがふつう普通．.
- かんしゃ感謝のことば言葉にたいする対するおうとう応答．.
Example sentences
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It is difficult to keep up a conversation with someone who only says "yes" and "no".
"What's up? Fidgeting like that" "Er, well, it looks like the elastic's gone in my pants."
3. とあるえいが映画をぶんこか文庫化したきごう—いや、えいが映画のため為にかかれた書かれたしなりおシナリオをしょうせつ小説としてかひつ加筆しゅうせい修正し、にほんご日本語にろうからいずローカライズしたものだ。
A certain movie was novelized - rather it was a scenario written for a movie that was expanded as a novel and localized to Japanese.
Could it be that her prickly attitude is just because she has period pains? No, couldn't be.
However, it was not just me – there was one more person, no, one more creature visiting.
No, it's a national treasure, you see. This is the first time we've seen it as well.
No, please don't concern yourself. I have learnt to do as the Romans when in Rome.
"Does your back hurt?" "No, not really." "Oh, that's something then, isn't it?"
"Did you possibly not notice until just now?" "Er, well ... it was just so beyond my imagination that ..."
"Is that implying that I go get some sugar in me and then work more?" "Er?" "No, sorry. I'm just sulking a bit."
"Oh? Then, as I expected, I've been around longer than you. This year I'm 20-mumble years old." "What does that tell me?"
She doesn't hate him. In fact, she loves him.
He knows nothing about Lincoln, or for that matter, about America.
"Do you have any siblings?" "No, I'm an only child."
I'm a professor, or rather an associate professor, to be exact.
I usually ride my bike to school. I mean to the office.
It was a long letter, but in brief, he said, "No."