Illustration: A visitor steps into a friend’s small Japanese apartment and discovers an extraordinarily elaborate model railway filling the spare room. Their mouth opens, eyebrows rise, and shoulders pull back in spontaneous astonishment, one hand hovering halfway to their chest.

JLPT N2interjectionLevel estimated by Bebop

いやあ

iyaa

oh, wow

Expresses surprise or admiration. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

いやあ、見事みごとに晴はれ渡わたった秋あきの日ひになったね。これが台風一過たいふういっかというやつかね。
What a glorious fall day. This is what they mean by the lovely weather you get after a storm.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
いやあ、このケーキはおいしいね。
Wow, this cake is delicious.
Written by AI for Bebop
いやあ、こんなに早はやく終おわるとは思おもわなかった。
Wow, I didn’t think we’d finish so quickly.
Written by AI for Bebop

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