やら

Meanings

1. Particle what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like (as ＡやらＢやら...)
2. denotes uncertainty See also: とやら.

Example sentences

• 驚きやら悲しみやらで彼女は一言も言えなかった。
  Between astonishment and sorrow, she could not speak a word.
• 教えることやら研究やらで自分の時間がない。
  With teaching and studying, my time is taken up.
• 嬉しいやら恥ずかしいやらで、彼女は耳まで赤くなった。
  What with joy and shame, she blushed to the ears.
• 過労やら不眠やらで、彼はとうとう病気になってしまった。
  What with fatigue and lack of sleep, he has fallen ill at last.
• 過労やら睡眠不足やらで、彼女は健康を害した。
  Between overworking and under-sleeping, her health has begun to decline.

Words containing やら

• なにやら something
• なにやらかにやら this and that
• いつの間にやら (いつのまにやら) before one knows it

And 6 more.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists