EntryCommonJLPT N1
  1. Adverb (fukushi)

    more and more; all the more; increasingly

    Usually written using kana alone

    いよいよ薄暮、もうすぐ宵闇。
    It's getting more and more shadowy, soon it will be twilight.
  2. at last; finally; beyond doubt

    Usually written using kana alone

  3. (at the) last moment; worst possible time

    Usually written using kana alone

Also written 愈々【いよいよ】弥々【いよいよ】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

be superior, heal, more and more, increasingly, finally, beyond doubt

Kun
いよいよまさ.る
On
Strokes
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Radical
heart

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Dictionary and index codes (12)
CodeReference
2-2-11SKIP code
2a11.16The Kanji Dictionary
8033.2, 8033.3Four corner code
6108Unicode hex code
1-44-92JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
526Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1910New Nelson (John Haig)
2433Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2511Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
10904XMorohashi
yu4Pinyin reading
yuKorean reading