イエス

Borrowed from English yes.

• (Tokyo) イエ​ス [ìéꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ie̞sɨᵝ]

イエス (rōmaji iesu)

1. yes (that is so)
2. yes (I accept that)

• (that is so): はい (hai), そう (sō), その通 (とお)り (sono tōri)
• (I accept that): はい (hai)

• イエスマン (iesu man, “yes man”)

イエス (rōmaji iesu)

1. yes

• ノー (nō)

Learned borrowing from Latin Iēsus.[3][4] Appears from around the Meiji period, superseding older ゼス (Zesu) and ゼズス (Zezusu).

• (Tokyo) イエ​ス [ìéꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [2])[5]
• (Tokyo) イ​エス [íꜜèsù] (Atamadaka – [1])[5]
• IPA^(key): [ie̞sɨᵝ]

イエス (rōmaji Iesu)

1. Jesus
   • 2008 July 16 [Jan 23 2008], Nakamura, Hikaru, “その５　Ｏｈ ｍｙ ホビー [Chapter 5: Oh my hobby]”, in 聖セイント☆おにいさん [Saint☆Young Men], volume 1 (fiction), 6th edition, Tokyo: Kodansha:

     ……あっ　その前にそ・れ・なんとかして隠して　イエス！福引きでもらった仏像……変な宗教団体か強烈なナルシス卜だと思われるから‼

     ……Ah Sono mae ni SORE nan toka shite kakushite Iesu! Fukubiki de moratta Futsuzō…… Hen na shūkyō dantai ka kyōretsu na narushisuto da to omowareru kara‼

     ……Oh… We gotta hide that-thing first, Jesus! The Buddha statue I won from that raffle…… I don’t want her to think I’m some sorta freaky denomination member or enthusiastic narcissist‼

• イエス・キリスト (Iesu Kirisuto, “Jesus Christ”)