よく

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
良く
善く
克く
能く

Alternative forms

Adjective

よく • (yoku) 

  1. 良く, 善く, 克く: adverbial form of よい (yoi, “good”) good, well
    1. adverbial form of いい (ii, “good”)
      よくやった。
      Yoku yatta.
      Well done!
      よく来(き)たな。
      Yoku kita na.
      Well done for making it this far.
  2. 良く: frequently, often
    私(わたし)は本(ほん)をよく読(よ)みます。
    Watashi wa hon o yoku yomimasu.
    I read books a lot.
  3. 良く, 善く: having astonishing ability or guts
    よくそんなこと言(い)えるね。
    Yoku sonna koto ieru ne.
    You've got guts saying something like that.
  4. 能く: (literary) able to
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Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of よく – see the following entries.
【欲】6
desire, a want, that which is wanted
greed, avarice
ambition, will
Alternative spelling
慾
【翼】S
a wing (of a bird or insect)
(aviation) an airfoil
(military) a flank
a blade (of a propeller, turbine, etc.) with the same cross section of an aircraft wing
counter for wings of birds
(by extension) counter for birds
counter for boats
wing (of a bird, insect, aircraft, etc.)
(by extension) something overhanging both left and right, like a wing
assist, help, support
(Chinese astronomy) the Wings constellation, one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions
a female given name
(This term, よく, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as よく, see Category:Japanese kanji read as よく.)
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