やっぱり・矢っ張りyappari

JLPT N4approx.Common
Definitions
  1. adverbas expected; sure enough; just as one thought
    やっぱり、あなたは私の思おもったとおりの人ひとだった。↗
    You're just the kind of person I imagined you'd be.
  2. adverbafter all (is said and done); in the end; as one would expect; in any case
    やっぱり何なんとかやってのけたね。↗
    You managed it after all.
    北海道ほっかいどうに行いったら、やっぱり海うみの幸さちを食たべないと行いった意味いみがないでしょう。↗
    A trip to Hokkaido is not a trip to Hokkaido unless you try the seafood.
  3. adverbtoo; also; as well; likewise; (not) either
  4. adverbstill; as before
  5. adverball the same; even so; still; nonetheless
    疲つかれているが、やっぱり行いくつもりだ。↗
    I'm tired, but I'm going anyway.
    私わたしたちの家いえは快適かいてきですが、やっぱり前まえの家いえがなつかしい。↗
    Our house is nice, but I still miss the old one.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymやはりWrittenSame meaning as 「やっぱり」 and interchangeable, but 「やはり」 is more formal, favored in written prose and formal settings; 「やっぱり」 is the colloquial choice.
  • Synonym案の定あんのじょうNeutralSays that something happened just as expected, typically a feared outcome, as in 「案の定失敗した」; unlike 「やっぱり」 it has no 'also, likewise' sense.
  • SynonymやっぱしCasualA more casual variant of 「やっぱり」, heard in relaxed speech; in writing it appears only when quoting casual talk, and it is avoided in formal settings.
  • Related結局けっきょくNeutralPoints to the final outcome after twists and turns, as in 「結局行かなかった」; it centers on where things ended up and lacks 「やっぱり」's 'as expected' nuance.
  • RelatedなんといってもCasualColloquial; means 'no matter what you say, ultimately' and singles out the most important point, as in 「何と言っても健康が一番」; it does not convey 'as expected'.
  • Related結局のところけっきょくのところNeutralMeans 'ultimately, at the end of the day' and stresses the final landing point even more than 「結局」; 「やっぱり」 instead stresses that the result matched expectations.
  • RelatedなんてったってCasualA more casual, emphatic spoken variant of 「何と言っても」; also heard in advertising and public statements. It does not express 'as expected'.
  • Antonym予想外よそうがいNeutralAntonym: means 'unexpected', as in 「予想外の結果」 — the opposite of 「やっぱり」's sense that things turned out just as one thought.

For everyday talk use 「やっぱり」; switch to 「やはり」 in formal or written prose. 「案の定」 fits when a feared expectation comes true; 「結局」 and 「結局のところ」 sum up the final outcome; 「何と言っても」 and 「何てったって」 stress the key point; 「予想外」 is the opposite.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 同おなじく。同様どうように。
  2. 予期よきしたとおり。案の定あんのじょう。状況じょうきょうから当然とうぜん推定すいていされるとおり。
  3. 自分じぶんの予想よそうではなく、他者たしゃの意見いけんや一般的いっぱんてきな通念つうねんなどのほうが正ただしかった、あるいは正ただしそうだ、という場合ばあいや、自分じぶんの意見いけんに必かならずしも自信じしんがないときに、自分じぶんの意見いけんとは異ことなるほうが正ただしかった、正ただしそうだ、という場合ばあいにも用もちいられる。
  4. 依然いぜんとして。それでもなお。変化へんかなく。結局けっきょくは。
  5. いろいろと考かんがえたり迷まよったりした末すえに意見いけんを変かえるニュアンス。また元もとの意見いけんに戻もどすニュアンス。
  6. したこと、あるいはしなかったことを後悔こうかいするニュアンス。

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