yappari やっぱり

In Japanese, yappari やっぱり means the same thing as yahari やはり. It means "just like I thought," or "as expected," though there are some other uses, too. See the article about yahari やはり for details.

It's also spelled yappari 矢っ張り, with kanji.

• Examples

Examples

For reference, an example of yappari やっぱり being used in Japanese.

Manga: Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai ~Tensai-Tachi no Ren'ai Zunousen かぐや様は告らせたい～天才たちの恋愛頭脳戦～ (Chapter 6, 白銀御行は隠したい)

• Context: a guy remembers his dark past.
• konaida mo----
  こないだもーー
  The other day, too...
• nee, kimi tte
  kanojo toka iru noo?
  ねー君って彼女とかいるのー？
  Hey, do you have a girlfriend or something like that?
  • The tte って here is a topic marker, not a quotative marker.
• e...... inai kedo......
  え･･････ 居ないけど？
  Eh...... [I] don't, but [why are you asking?]......
• yappari!
  やっぱり！
  [Just as I thought]!
• kanojo inai tte~~!
  彼女居ないってー！
  [He said] [he] doesn't have a girlfriend!
• isou ni nai mon ne~~!
  居そうに無いもんねー
  [He] doesn't seem like [he] would have [one], right~~
  • Here, a second girl says the guy doesn't looks like he would have a girlfriend. She's judging him by his appearances.
  • mon もん
    (nominalizer.)
  • ne ね
    Right?
• chou ukeru!
  超ウケル！
  [That's] super funny!
  • ukeru 受ける
    To receive. (literally.)
    To find funny. (slang.)
• fufu'
  ふふっ
  *giggle*