漸く

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
漸
ようや
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Adverb

漸(ようや)く • (yōyaku) ←やうやく (yauyaku)?

  1. at last; at length; finally
    ようやく雨(あめ)が止(や)んだ。
    Yōyaku ame ga yanda.
    Finally the rain stopped.
  2. gradually
  3. scarcely; hardly; barely

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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