ヤフる

Japanese

Etymology

Shift from the proper noun ヤフー (Yafū), itself a borrowing from English Yahoo!.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) [yàfúꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [ja̠ɸɯ̟ɾɯ̟]

Verb

ヤフる • (yafurutransitive godan (stem ヤフり (yafuri), past ヤフった (yafutta))

  1. (Internet slang) to search the Internet using the Yahoo! search engine

Conjugation

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