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いやが上にも (いやがうえにも) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

いやが上うえにも

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Meanings

1

adverb

all the more; even more

Emphasizes that a situation or feeling intensifies further, often used with expressions of desire, regret, or necessity.

いやが上うえにも勉べん強きょうしなければならない。
I have to study all the more.
彼かれの言こと葉ばでいやが上うえに

も

不ふ

安あん

が

募つの

っ

た

。

His words made me even more anxious.

Written forms

いやが上うえにも
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling.
弥いやが上うえにも
Uses the rare kanji 弥; less common than the mixed spelling.
嫌いやが上うえにも
irregular kanji usage
Irregular kanji usage; 嫌 is not standard for this word.

Kanji

上above, up
弥all the more, increasingly
嫌dislike, detest, hate

Similar words

ますます
ますます is a common adverb for 'more and more' in neutral or positive contexts, while いやが上にも often carries a nuance of unavoidable intensification, especially of negative feelings or obligations.
一いっ層そう
一層 means 'even more' and is used in both positive and negative contexts, but いやが上にも is more emphatic and often implies a natural or inevitable increase.

Etymology

From いや (more, increasingly) + が (archaic possessive) + 上 (above) + に (particle), literally 'on top of more'. The exact derivation is uncertain, but it functions as a fixed adverbial phrase.