köken: From Middle Persian ME lʾd (čim rāy, “why”), from Proto-Iranian *čim (“what”) + *rādi- (“reason, thing”), literally, “what reason”. The former is from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kím ~ čím, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷím (“what”), while the latter is a lexicalization of the locative singular of Proto-Iranian *rād-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HraHdʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ- (“to think, arrange,…
yes (in response to negative questions), disagree · Response to words of gratitude.
eş: ううん
zıt: はい, うん
köken: /ina/ → /ija/ → /ije/ → /iːe/ First cited to the late 1600s. Shift from いや (iya), from even earlier 否 (ina). While いや (iya) was broadly used in the Muromachi period, in the Edo period, いや (iya) shifted to use mainly in informal or more intimate contexts, while いいえ (īe) was used in more formal or polite contexts. いや (iya) is still in use, including broader senses not included for いいえ (īe).
always (mainly in affirmative clauses) · over and over, always, time after time (with the comparative form of the succeeding adjective or adverb) · still; yet