やはり – vocab dash

やはり

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Meanings

Adverb

1. as expected; sure enough; just as one thought (Usually kana)

2. after all (is said and done); in the end; as one would expect; in any case (Usually kana)

3. too; also; as well; likewise; (not) either (Usually kana)

4. still; as before (Usually kana)

5. all the same; even so; still; nonetheless (Usually kana)

Pitch accent

やはり

Examples45

欠けっ点てんがあるけどやはり彼かれが好すきです。

I love him despite his faults.

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.

止やむを得えず訪ほう問もんするのはいやだったが、やはりしないわけにはいかなかった。

I disliked the idea of the necessary call, but it had to be done.

「そうか。やはり私わたしのほうが年としを食くってる。私わたしは今年ことしで２０うんたら才さいだ」「いや、わかんねーよ」

"Oh? Then, as I expected, I've been around longer than you. This year I'm 20-mumble years old." "What does that tell me?"

それでもそれはやはり本ほん当とうだ。

It is none the less true.

男おとこの子こはやはり男おとこの子こ。

Boys will be boys.