How to say 'After all' in Japanese | やっぱり

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The Japanese word for After all is 'Yappari', written as やっぱり in Japanese.

word

やっぱり

Meaning

After all

Reading

Yappari

Explanation

The Japanese adverb 'やっぱり' (yappari) is a colloquial form of 'やはり' and is commonly used in casual conversation. It conveys a sense of something being as expected, or reaffirming a previous thought or assumption. It can also express a change of mind back to an original opinion or decision. For example: I thought so, after all「やっぱりそうだと思った」(やっぱりそうだとおもった). I'll have coffee after all「やっぱりコーヒーにする」(やっぱりコーヒーにする). The nuance of 'やっぱり' often includes a slight surprise or realization, even when confirming something that was already suspected.

Part Of Speech

adverb

Frequency

1097

Composition

hiragana

Handwriting

Hiragana in the Word やっぱり

This word contains 4 Hiragana characters :

hiragana

や

Reading

hiragana

ぱ

Reading

hiragana

り

Reading

hiragana

つ

Reading

Tsu

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'Yappari' means 'After all' .

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