Illustration: In the entrance of a neighborhood laundromat, two friends pause beside a basket of freshly dried clothes. One has just spoken and holds up a tiny shrunken sweater between both hands, its sleeves barely longer than their fingers.

JLPT N5interjectionLevel estimated by Bebop

え

e

eh?, what?, oh?

Example sentences

  1. え、もうこんな時間じかん？

    What? Is it this late already?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. え、しっぽまで食たべるの？

    Oh, are you going to eat the entire thing?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. え？彼氏かれし？いつの間まに？

    Huh? A boyfriend? Since when?

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

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