どうやら

どうやら · douyara · JLPT N1 · adverb

it seems like

どう (how) + やら (I wonder whether) = somehow it seems so

Use it when judging from clues. Pair it with a guess: どうやら雨らしい means it seems to be raining. The やら in 何やら (something or other) carries the same wondering sense.

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