<strong>いよいよ</strong><span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='477'>大学（だいがく）</span>を卒業（そつぎょう）<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='138'>する</span>！

<strong>いよいよ</strong>スタートだ。<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='905'>自分（じぶん）</span>のペースで走（はし）ろう。

<strong>いよいよ</strong>ステージが<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='496'>始（はじ）まる</span>。わくわくしてきた。

<strong>いよいよ</strong><span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='455'>夏休（なつやす）み</span>が始（はじ）まった！

じゃ、<strong>いよいよ</strong>俺（おれ）の<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='812'>番（ばん）</span>だ！

<strong>いよいよ</strong><span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='498'>娘（むすめ）</span>が小学校（しょうがっこう）に入学（にゅうがく）<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='138'>する</span>。

<strong>いよいよ</strong>初（はつ）出勤（しゅっきん）か。<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='883'>緊張（きんちょう）</span><span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='138'>する</span>な。

<strong>いよいよ</strong>寿命（じゅみょう）がない。身辺（しんぺん）整理（せいり）をしないと。

<strong>いよいよ</strong><span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='849'>私（わたし）</span>の書籍（しょせき）が出版（しゅっぱん）されます。買（か）ってください！

契約（けいやく）が<strong>いよいよ</strong>成立（せいりつ）<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='138'>する</span>。<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='687'>本当（ほんとう）</span>に<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='474'>大変（たいへん）</span>だった。

君（きみ）も<strong>いよいよ</strong>一（いち）人前（にんまえ）の大工（だいく）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='1'>だ</span><span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='71'>ね</span>。

<strong>いよいよ</strong><span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='647'>春（はる）</span>がやって来（き）た。

いよいよ、やっと、ようやく、ついに and とうとう

Difference between いよいよ and とうとう

Additional Breakdown and Example Sentences

<div class='writeup-body'><span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='520'>愈々（いよいよ）</span>, seen primarily in hiragana, is an adverb that indicates that (A) has or will 'finally happen'. In many cases this is after some state that has been continuing for a long time, or has been compounding further and further until (A).<br>Like many other sentence altering adverbs, <span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='520'>いよいよ</span> will appear at the beginning of a phrase. It is also considered quite casual when compared to other grammar points like ついに.<ul class='writeup-examples--holder'><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'><span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='520'>いよいよ</span>明日（あした）で卒業（そつぎょう）か...。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>Tomorrow is finally our graduation, isn't it…</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'><span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='520'>いよいよ</span>俺（おれ）の番（ばん）だ。緊張（きんちょう）するけど頑張（がんば）らなくちゃ！</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>It is finally my turn. I am nervous, but I must do my best!</div></li></ul>As <span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='520'>いよいよ</span> highlights something that is compounding, it can also frequently be translated as 'more and more'.<ul class='writeup-examples--holder'><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>台風（たいふう）が接近（せっきん）するにつれて、<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='520'>いよいよ</span>風（かぜ）が強（つよ）くなってきた。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>As the typhoon approached, the wind started to blow more and more.</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>彼（かれ）の話（はなし）を聞（き）いていると彼（かれ）が<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='520'>いよいよ</span>怪（あや）しくなってきた。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>Listening to his story makes him more and more suspicious.</div></li></ul>The difference between the nuance of <span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='520'>いよいよ</span> being 'finally' or 'more and more' will usually be clear due to the statement following it being either conclusive (finally), or inconclusive (more and more).</div>

Grammar Info

愈々(いよいよ)

at last, finally, more and more