や

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ja̠]

Syllable

や (romaji ya)

1. The hiragana syllable や (ya). Its equivalent in katakana is ヤ (ya). It is the thirty-sixth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is や行あ段 (ya-gyō a-dan, “row ya, section a”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ja̠]

Particle

や (rōmaji ya)

1. and

   Used to conjoin nouns, や (ya) implies that the list is not limited to the nouns named. Contrast with と (to), the other particle typically used to conjoin nouns, which implies that the list is limited to the stated nouns.

   • お年寄りや体の不自由な方は登録しませんか。

     おとしよりやからだのふじゆうなかたはとうろくしませんか。

     O-toshiyori ya karada no fujiyū na kata wa tōroku shimasen ka.

     Don’t seniors and the physically handicapped [and others] register?

Verb

や (rōmaji ya)

1. (Kansai, Shikoku, Hokuriku, Fukuoka) is, are

   Variation on the Japanese copula だ (da), associated with Kansai dialect, particularly Ōsaka. The use of や (ya) is common in fictional dialogue attributed to characters from Ōsaka.

   まあ、ぼちぼちやなあ。

   Mā, bochibochi ya nā.

   Well, things are slow. (a stereotypical Ōsaka expression)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) や​ [yáꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ja̠]

Noun

や (rōmaji ya)

1. 矢: arrow

Noun

や (rōmaji ya)

1. 屋: shop, store

Suffix

や (rōmaji -ya)

1. 屋: shop, person who does or sells that thing
2. 家: house

Particle

や (romaji ya)

1. topic marker

   今 (ちゅ)日 (ー)や良 (い)い天 (てぃん)気 (ち)でーびる。

   Chū ya ii tinchi dēbiru.

   It is a fine day.

   (literally, “today + as for + good + weather + is”)