ほやほや

Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation 1

• (Tokyo) ほやほや [hòyáhóyá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞ja̠ho̞ja̠]

Adjective

ほやほや • (hoyahoya) ^{←ほやほや (foyafoya)?}-na (adnominal ほやほやな (hoyahoya na), adverbial ほやほやに (hoyahoya ni))

1. (of food) freshly warm
2. (of a matter) new; recent

Inflection

Inflection of ほやほや

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	ほやほやだろ	hoyahoya daro
Continuative (連用形)	ほやほやで	hoyahoya de
Terminal (終止形)	ほやほやだ	hoyahoya da
Attributive (連体形)	ほやほやな	hoyahoya na
Hypothetical (仮定形)	ほやほやなら	hoyahoya nara
Imperative (命令形)	ほやほやであれ	hoyahoya de are
Key constructions
Informal negative	ほやほやではない ほやほやじゃない	hoyahoya de wa nai hoyahoya ja nai
Informal past	ほやほやだった	hoyahoya datta
Informal negative past	ほやほやではなかった ほやほやじゃなかった	hoyahoya de wa nakatta hoyahoya ja nakatta
Formal	ほやほやです	hoyahoya desu
Formal negative	ほやほやではありません ほやほやじゃありません	hoyahoya de wa arimasen hoyahoya ja arimasen
Formal past	ほやほやでした	hoyahoya deshita
Formal negative past	ほやほやではありませんでした ほやほやじゃありませんでした	hoyahoya de wa arimasen deshita hoyahoya ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive	ほやほやで	hoyahoya de
Conditional	ほやほやなら（ば）	hoyahoya nara (ba)
Provisional	ほやほやだったら	hoyahoya dattara
Volitional	ほやほやだろう	hoyahoya darō
Adverbial	ほやほやに	hoyahoya ni
Degree	ほやほやさ	hoyahoyasa

Noun

ほやほや • (hoyahoya) ^{←ほやほや (foyafoya)?}

1. (of food) being freshly warm
2. (of a matter) being new; being recent

   付(つ)き合(あ)いたてほやほやの彼(かれ)氏(し)

   tsukiaitate hoyahoya no kareshi

   new boyfriend

Pronunciation 2

• (Tokyo) ほやほや [hóꜜyàhòyà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞ja̠ho̞ja̠]

Adverb

ほやほや • (hoyahoya) ^{←ほやほや (foyafoya)?}

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Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ho̞ja̠ ho̞ja̠]

Interjection

ほやほや • (hoya hoya) 

1. (Fukui) that’s right

   Synonym: (standard) そうそう (sō sō)