有耶無耶

Reading

Kana: うやむや

Romaji: uyamuya

Definition

adj-na

noun

1

indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided

Note: word usually written using kana alone; yojijukugo

Kanji

有

Readings: ユウ、 ウ、 あ.る

Meanings: possess, have, exist, happen, occur, approx

耶

Readings: ヤ、 ジャ、 か

Meaning: question mark

無

Readings: ム、 ブ、 な.い

Meanings: nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not

Example Sentences

労使間(ろうしかん)の話(はな)し合(あ)いはうやむやに終(お)わった。

➥The talk between labor and management yielded no definite results.

その問題(もんだい)をうやむやにしておくことはできない。

➥We shouldn't leave the matter unsettled.