否(いな)や

外(そと)に出(で)るや否(いな)や雨(あめ)が降(ふ)ってきた。

• No sooner had I gone out than it began to rain.

彼(かれ)は警(けい)官(かん)を見(み)るや否(いな)や逃(とう)亡(ぼう)した。

• As soon as he saw the policeman, he ran away.

彼(かれ)は警(けい)官(かん)をみるや否(いな)や走(はし)り去(さ)った。

• As soon as he saw the policeman, he ran away.

彼(かれ)はそれを見(み)るや否(いな)や青(あお)くなった。

• No sooner had he seen it than he turned pale.

座(すわ)るや否(いな)や、眠(ねむ)り込(こ)んでしまった。

• As soon as I sat down, I fell asleep.