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Yappari (やっぱり): what it means in anime
やっぱり
やっぱり · yappari · after all; in the end; as one would expect JLPT N2
Yappari means "as I thought", "after all" or "sure enough". It confirms an expectation: やっぱり来た ("you came after all"), やっぱりね ("I knew it").
Where you hear it 4 of 42 series
Lines from the Japanese subtitles of episodes 1–3 of each show. A translation is shown only when it clearly matches the line; counts are subtitle lines containing the word.
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NANA · 10 lines in episodes 1–3 · this one from episode 2
フフッ やっぱりねHehe, as expected.
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Mob Psycho 100 · 8 lines in episodes 1–3 · this one from episode 3
やっぱり健康… じゃなくて…
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K-On! · 6 lines in episodes 1–3 · this one from episode 1
やっぱり やめるって言おう
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Polar Bear Café · 6 lines in episodes 1–3 · this one from episode 1
やっぱりね。 ちょっと…。
Usage and nuance
The casual forms are やっぱ (yappa) and the fuller やはり (yahari), which is more formal. All three mean the same thing. Anime characters use やっぱ for quick asides and やはり for grave conclusions.
It also means "on second thought" when changing your mind: やっぱりやめる is "actually, I'll stop". Watch for it in restaurant orders and in confessions that get retracted.
Nana and K-On use it in everyday chatter, so it is a good early word to learn for natural-sounding reactions.
Hear やっぱり in NANA10 lines in episodes 1–3 · tappable subtitles · free, no account