やだ

Japanese

Etymology

Derived as a shortening of いや (iya, “yuck; bad, disgusting”) + copula ("to be" verb) だ (da).

Pronunciation

Interjection

やだ or ヤダ • (yada) 

  1. (informal, childish or feminine) contraction of いやだ (iya da)
    「見(み)せて、見(み)せて！」「やだ。」
    “Misete, misete!”“Yada.”
    "Come on, show me!" "Nuh-uh."
  2. goodness (exclamation of surprise)
    やだ、かわいい！
    Yada, kawaii!
    Goodness, so cute!!

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Kenbou, Hidetoshi et al., editors (2021), 三省堂国語辞典 [Sanseidō kokugo jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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