Japanese

Stroke order

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”).

See also

• (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, ゆゅ, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ja̠]

Particle

や ‎(romaji 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?

Etymology 3

Phonetic change of じゃ ‎(ja) in the late Edo period

Verb

や ‎(romaji 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)

Conjugation

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

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

Noun

や ‎(romaji ya)

1. 矢: arrow

Etymology 5

Noun

や ‎(romaji ya)

1. 屋: shop, store

Suffix

や ‎(romaji -ya)

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