やん

やん
particle
isn't it?; right? (Kansai)
informalcolloquialgrammatical
1. isn't it?; right?; ...you know
A casual Kansai-dialect sentence-ending particle that seeks agreement or points out something obvious. It is the western-Japan equivalent of the Tokyo-area じゃん / standard じゃない.
ええやん。
That's fine, isn't it?
We're out of time, aren't we?
You promised yesterday, didn't you? Did you forget?

A sentence-ending particle characteristic of Kansai (western Japan) speech. It attaches to plain forms and works like standard じゃない or Tokyo-area じゃん, either seeking the listener's agreement or drawing attention to something the speaker finds obvious.

Common patterns

Similar words

  • じゃん: the Kanto/Tokyo casual equivalent
  • じゃないか: the standard casual tag-question ending
  • なあ: Kansai-flavored confirmation, softer and less pointed