Illustration: Two friends sit at a neighborhood café after finishing their drinks. One has found a single forgotten glove on the neighboring chair and holds it toward the other, eyebrows raised in a clear question about ownership.

JLPT N4interjectionLevel estimated by Bebop

いや

iya

Casual reply; いいえ is more polite. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

「今日きょうの新聞しんぶんにいいニュース何なにかある？」「いや、特とくにないね」
"Any good news in today’s paper?" "No, nothing in particular."
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いや、大丈夫だいじょうぶだ。
No, no, that’s okay.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
いや、今いまは持もってない。
No, I don’t have it with me.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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