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63 entries were found for や否や.

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彼と近づきになるやいなや、私は彼をよく知るようになろうと決心した。

彼(かれ)と近(ちか)づきになるやいなや、私(わたし)は彼(かれ)をよく知(し)るようになろうと決心(けっしん)した。
No sooner had I come into contact with him than I determined to get to know him well.
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その部屋に入るや否や私は、煙草の臭いのほかにガスの匂いがするのに気がついた。

その部屋(へや)に入(はい)るや否(いな)や私(わたし)は、煙草(たばこ)の臭(にお)いのほかにガスの匂(にお)いがするのに気(き)がついた。
No sooner had I entered the room than I noticed the smell not only of tobacco but of gas.
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弟は森に入るやいなや、川をみつけて渡った。向こう岸には雌熊がいて、ぐっすり眠っていた。

弟(おとうと)は森(もり)に入(はい)るやいなや、川(かわ)をみつけて渡(わた)った。向(む)こう岸(ぎし)には雌(めす)熊(くま)がいて、ぐっすり眠(ねむ)っていた。
No sooner had the younger brother gone into the forest than he found the river, swam across it, and there on the other side was the she-bear, fast asleep.
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