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相変わらず (あいかわらず) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word JLPT N3 Freq. Frequency Top 5,000 Meanings 1
adverb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
as usual ; as always ; still
Describes a situation or state that remains unchanged from before; often carries a nuance of mild surprise, resignation, or familiarity. Can be used adverbially or attributively with の.
てん
気き
です
ね
。
The weather is the same as ever, isn't it?
Written forms 相あい 変か わらず
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency and widely used.
相あい 変かわ らず
Variant spelling with 変らず instead of 変わらず; less common but still encountered.
Kanji 相 inter-, mutual, together 変 unusual, change, strange Similar words いつも 通どお り いつも通り is more neutral and simply means 'as usual' without the emotional nuance of 相変わらず, which often implies that the speaker expected the situation to remain unchanged.
相あい も 変か わらず 相も変わらず is an emphatic variant of 相変わらず, adding も for stronger emphasis, often with a negative or critical tone.
Etymology From 相 (あい, 'mutual') + 変わらず (かわらず, the negative continuative of 変わる 'to change'), literally 'without changing mutually'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the expression has been used since at least the Edo period.
