yatta

English

Etymology

From Japanese やった (yatta).

Popularized by the character Hiro Nakamura on the American television series Heroes.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒtə

(US) IPA: /jɑˈtɑ/

Interjection

yatta

1. (chiefly among fans of Japanese comics and Japanese animation) I did it!
   • 1996 16 January, Caroline Ann Seawright, “Re: Shampoo Bashing! (was Ranma 1/2: Denial)”, rec.arts.anime, Usenet:

     Okay. Let's just launch a killer attack on the whole tribe! Kill off Cologne and Shampoo first, then get rid of the rest of the bunch! Then no more Shampoo-like girls going to attack people who beat them up, since they're all dead! Yatta!! Good idea!!!

   • 1997 2 February, Kimo Kim, “NCS Mod review”, rec.games.video.sony, Usenet:

     I put in a US game and tried it and it worked perfectly. Then I put in a Japanese game and it worked also. Yatta!

   • 1999 20 May, LeVar Bouyer, “[FANFIC] Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Orion 408”, alt.fan.sailor-moon, Usenet:

     "Yatta!" crowed the brunette. "Two for two!"

   • 2004 6 December, Fish Eye no Miko [username], “Re: Video player help”, rec.arts.tv.mst3k.misc, Usenet:

     Ah! It worked! Yatta!

   • 2008 1 July, Antonio Ospite, "ext3grep: success story. Thanks!", ext3grep, Google Groups:

     Yatta! File restored!

   • 2009, Giz, Menage a 3: I <3 Magical Zii,

     Yatta! I’ll go get my script, and be right back!

   • 2011, Ned Greenwood, Hachiman Taro: Firstborn of the God of War, Tate Publishing (2011), ISBN 9781617775321, page 233:

     Finally, they found number 16 with the name Ragnvold printed below. "Yatta, we did it," exclaimed Tule.

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Japanese

Romanization

yatta

1. See やった