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])
• (Tokyo) いやおー [ìyáóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ija̠o̞ː]

Noun

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

1. 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