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• まあ、ぼちぼちやなあ。
  • Maa, bochibochi ya naa
• Used to conjoin nouns, や implies that the list is not limited to the nouns named. Contrast with と , the other particle typically used to conjoin nouns, which implies that the list is limited to the stated nouns.
• Variation on the Japanese copula だ , associated with Kansai dialect, particularly Ōsaka. The use of や is common in fictional dialogue attributed to characters from Ōsaka.