adverbial N3 common casualpolitewritten
やはり / やっぱり — as expected
やはり / やっぱり
Builds on やはり
Meaning
- as expected / after all — combined headword for the やはり/やっぱり pair
Key sentence
やはり彼が一番強かった。
As expected, he was the strongest.
Easily confused with
See やはり / やっぱり in real sentences
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Study it in JengoSources Compiled with reference to A Dictionary of Advanced Japanese Grammar. Editorial confidence: low.