矢っ張り

Reading

Kana: やっぱり

Romaji: yappari

Definitions

adv

1

too; also; likewise; either

Note: word usually written using kana alone

2

still; as before

Note: word usually written using kana alone

3

even so; either way; nonetheless; in any event; all the same

Note: word usually written using kana alone

4

as expected

Note: word usually written using kana alone

Kanji

矢

Readings: シ、 や

Meanings: dart, arrow

張

Readings: チョウ、 は.る、 -は.り、 -ば.り

Meanings: lengthen, counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch, spread, put up (tent)

Example Sentences

男(おとこ)の子(こ)はやはり男(おとこ)の子(こ)。

➥Boys will be boys.

彼(かれ)は頭(あたま)がよいがやはり嫌(きら)いだ。

➥He's intelligent, but I still don't like him.

やっぱり何(なん)とかやってのけたね。

➥You managed it after all.

冬(ふゆ)はやっぱり雪(そそ)がないとね。

➥Winter does not look real without snow.

それでもそれはやはり本当(ほんとう)だ。

➥It is none the less true.

欠点(けってん)はあるがやはり彼(かれ)が好(す)きです。

➥I love him none the less for his faults.