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JLPT N1 · Adverb

どうやら (douyara)

どうやら is a Japanese adverb meaning “possibly; apparently”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
どうやら
Romaji
douyara
Word class
Adverb
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; seemingly · adverb
  2. somehow or other; with difficulty; barely; after a fashion · adverb

Example sentences

どうやら食べ過ぎたみたいだ。
I'm afraid I've eaten too much.
Tatoeba #201130

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Source: JMdict entry 1009020 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.