よす

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Japanese

Verb

よす • (yosu) godan (stem よし (yoshi), past よした (yoshita))

  1. 止す: to cease, to abolish
  2. 寄す: to include, to welcome, to bring near

Interjection

よす • (yosu) 

  1. Eye dialect spelling of よし (yoshi, “alright; good”), representing "zū-zū" dialect Japanese.
    • 1984 February 20 [1983 June 15], Motoka Murakami, “気(き)になる新(しん)任(にん)先(せん)生(せい)の巻(まき) [A Little Worried about the New Teacher]”, in 六(ム)三(サ)四(シ)の剣(けん) (六(ム)三(サ)四(シ)の剣(けん)) [Musashi’s Sword], 4th edition, volume 10 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 147:
      どうすた？こわいのか……？
      Dō suta? Kowai no ka……?
      What? You scared...?
      い……いや！オラ、　こわぐなんがねえぞ‼
      I……Iya! Ora, kowagu nan ga nē zo‼
      N...No! Ah ain’t scared of nothin’‼
      よす……いこう！
      Yosu…… Ikō!
      Good... Let’s go!
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