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JLPT N4 · Certainty & attitude

やはり

as expected; after all

Stroke order of やはり

3 characters, 8 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

や · 3 strokesは · 3 strokesり · 2 strokes

Memory trick

YAHARI — 'yah, hurry': yah, hurry, just as I thought!

Parts: adverb; as expected; formal of やっぱり

The characters in やはり

  • や や — ya (3 strokes)
  • は は — ha (3 strokes)
  • り り — ri (2 strokes)

Example sentence

やはりこの店が一番です。

やはりこのみせがいちばんです。

As expected, this shop is the best.

More words: Certainty & attitude

かならずwithout failもしかしたらperhaps; possiblyやっぱりas expected; after allまさかsurely not; no wayどうせanyway; after allせっかくwith much trouble; speciallyわざわざgoing out of one's wayわざとon purposeなるべくas much as possibleちゃんとproperly; neatly

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