や | [ya] (prt) (1) such things as (non-exhaustive list related to a specific time and place); and ... and; (2) (See や否や) (after the dictionary form of a verb) the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; (int) (3) punctuational exclamation in haiku, renga, etc.; (aux) (4) (ksb #31 [Add to Longdo] |
最後 | [さいご, saigo] (n, adj-no) (1) last; end; conclusion; latest; most recent; (exp) (2) (after -tara form or -ta form followed by "ga") no sooner than; right after (often having negative consequences); (3) (arch) (See 最期) one's final moments; (P) #683 [Add to Longdo] |
一層 | [いっそう, issou] (adv, adj-no) (1) (uk) much more; still more; all the more; more than ever; (n, adj-no) (2) single layer (or storey, etc.); (adv) (3) (arch) (See いっそ) rather; sooner; preferably; (P) #14,746 [Add to Longdo] |
いっそ | [isso] (adv) (formerly written as 一層) rather; sooner; preferably; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
いっその事 | [いっそのこと, issonokoto] (adv) (See いっそ) rather; sooner; preferably; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
が早いか | [がはやいか, gahayaika] (exp) no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ... [Add to Longdo] |
その内(P);其の内 | [そのうち, sonouchi] (adv) (uk) eventually; sooner or later; of the previously mentioned; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
その内に | [そのうちに, sonouchini] (exp, adv) (uk) (See その内) one of these days; sooner or later; eventually; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
や否や | [やいなや, yainaya] (exp) (1) the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; (2) whether or not [Add to Longdo] |
何時かは | [いつかは, itsukaha] (adv) (uk) (more emphatic version of 何時か) (See 何時か) sooner or later; in due time; in due course [Add to Longdo] |