Word Meaning や否や

やいなや yainaya

や否や is read as やいなや (yainaya) and means whether or not.

Meaning

English

  1. whether or not
  2. the minute (that) ...
  3. no sooner than ...
  4. as soon as

Reading

Kana

やいなや

Romaji

yainaya

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 119027 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

否や

いなや

objection

安否

あんび

safety

否定

ひてい

NOT operation

否決

ひけつ

rejection

否々

いえいえ

no!

賛否

さんぴ

yes and no

否認

ひにん

denial

存否

そんぴ

(whether) existent or non-existent

成否

せいひ

success or failure

合否

ごうひ

success or failure

いな

no

no