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愈いよいよ

rarely used kanji formusually written using kana aloneadverb

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いよいよ

Meanings

more and more, all the more, increasingly
at last, finally, beyond doubt
(at the) last moment, worst possible time

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Example sentences

いよいよ明日あしたが試験しけん当日とうじつだ。

The day of the exam is finally here tomorrow.

春はるになり、いよいよ桜さくらが咲さき始はじめた。

Spring has come, and the cherry blossoms have finally begun to bloom.

交渉こうしょうはいよいよ大詰おおづめを迎むかえた。

The negotiations have finally reached their climax.

彼女かのじょの病状びょうじょうはいよいよ悪化あっかしていき、家族かぞく全員ぜんいんが心配しんぱいした。

Her medical condition worsened more and more, and the entire family was worried.

準備じゅんびが整ととのい、いよいよプロジェクトが本格的ほんかくてきに動うごき出だす段階だんかいとなった。

With preparations in order, the project has finally reached the stage where it will begin moving in earnest.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)