やっと

Kana: やっと

only then; not until

Example sentence

彼は十時にやっと起きました。

かれはじゅうじにやっとおきました。

He didn't get up until ten.

What やっと means

やっと (やっと) is an Japanese word meaning “only then; not until”. It belongs to the Grammar & Phrases topic and appears at Level 2, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Japanese.

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