やん
やん
particle
isn't it?; right? (Kansai)
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?
もう時間ないやん。
We're out of time, aren't we?
昨日約束したやん、忘れたん？
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:
- ええやん: that's good, isn't it? (ええ = Kansai for いい)
- できるやん: you can do it, can't you!
- 知らんやん: you don't know, do you?
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
Related Words
Related:
じゃん (isn't it (casual, Kanto))