Illustration: At a small Japanese neighborhood diner, a server has just placed a towering bowl of rice before a customer who expected an ordinary lunch. The customer leans backward with raised eyebrows, mouth open, and both hands frozen halfway toward the chopsticks.

JLPT N5interjectionLevel estimated by Bebop

えー

what?, really?

Expresses surprise or disbelief. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

えー、まだ１１時じ。お昼ひるまで後あと１時間じかんもあるよ。
What? It’s only eleven? We still have an hour to go before lunch.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
えー、信しんじらんなーい！
Gee, unbelievable!
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
「肌はだキレイだね」「えー、初はじめて言いわれた！」
"Your skin looks nice." "Oh? That’s the first time anyone has told me that!"
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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