よし

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See also: よじ

Japanese

Adverb

よし • (yoshi) 

  1. 縦し: so-so; even if

Interjection

よし • (yoshi) 

  1. 良し, 善し, 好し, 吉し, 佳し, 宜し: all right! OK!

Noun

よし • (yoshi) 

  1. 由, 因, 縁: reason, significance
  2. ヨシ, 葦, 蘆, 葭: Alternative form of あし (ashi)
  3. 止し: quitting
  4. 余子: any child who is not the direct heir; any other person, someone else
  5. 余資, 余貲: extra capital, unused assets, remaining property
  6. 余矢: in trigonometry, the coversine(the difference between one and the sine of an angle: 1 - sin(angle))

Proper noun

よし • (Yoshi) 

  1. 喜: a male given name

Old Japanese

Etymology

Combination of よ (yo, phrase-ending interjectory particle marking emphasis) +‎ し (shi, phrase-ending interjectory particle marking admiration or exclamation).

Particle

よし (yoshi)

  1. indicates admiration or exclamation

Usage notes

Only used at the end of phrases.

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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