いよいよ

Japanese
Alternative spellings
愈
愈々
弥々

Etymology

Reduplication of the archaic adverb いよ (iyo, “more and more, increasingly”), shift of いや (iya, “more and more, increasingly”), in turn from the prefix い (i) and the adverb や (ya, “more and more, increasingly”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) いよ​いよ [ìyóꜜìyò] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ijo̞ijo̞]

Adverb

いよいよ • (iyoiyo) 

  1. more and more; increasingly
    Synonym: ますます (masumasu)
  2. finally; at last
    Synonym: とうとう (tōtō)
  3. indeed; really; no doubt
    Synonym: 確かに (tashika ni)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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