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JLPT N1 Vocabulary

矢や (ya)

arrow

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Meaning

矢 (や, ya) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “arrow”.

Kanji in this word

矢 dart

Example sentences 12

矢やが 的まとに 刺ささった

The arrow stuck in the target.

光陰矢のごとし。

Time flies like an arrow. (literally: Time is like an arrow.)

昔はお前みたいな冒険者だったが膝に矢を打ってしまって。。。

I used to be an adventurer like you. Until I took an arrow to the knee...

矢野やの先生が学生を叱った。そこでその学生が素直に謝ればよかったのだが、彼は口答えをした。

Professor Yano scolded a student. It would have been all right if the student had apologized to him meekly at that time, but the student talked back (instead).