いやいや

Japanese

Etymology

Reduplication of いや (iya).

Adverb

Alternative spelling
嫌嫌

いやいや or イヤイヤ • (iyaiya) 

1. 嫌々, 厭々: reluctantly, grudgingly; unwillingly; against one's will.

Interjection

Alternative spellings
否否 (uncommon) 否々 (uncommon)

いやいや • (iyaiya) 

1. Expresses emphatic disagreement
   • 1906, Kyōka Izumi, 春昼:

     「……じゃ、あの、やっぱり農(のう)家(か)の娘(むすめ)で、」「否々(いやいや)、大(だい)財(ざい)産(さん)家(か)の細(さい)君(くん)でございます。」

     “……Ja, ano, yappari nōka no musume de,” “iyaiya, daizaisanka no saikun de gozaimasu.”

     "...so, uh, then she must come from a farming family..." - "Not at all. She is the wife of a very wealthy man."