"よく" meaning in All languages combined

See よく on Wiktionary

Adjective [Japanese]

Forms: yoku [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|adjective form}} よく • (yoku)
  1. 良く, 善く, 克く: adverbial form of よい (yoi, “good”) good, well
    Sense id: en-よく-ja-adj-5QphrheM Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 40 40 4 10 5 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 39 39 3 13 6
  2. 良く, 善く, 克く: adverbial form of よい (yoi, “good”) good, well
    adverbial form of いい (ii, “good”)
    Tags: adverbial, form-of Form of: いい (extra: ii, “good”)
    Sense id: en-よく-ja-adj-rW2MNbNu Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 40 40 4 10 5 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 39 39 3 13 6
  3. 良く: frequently, often
    Sense id: en-よく-ja-adj-VbnsXS0N
  4. 良く, 善く: having astonishing ability or guts Synonyms (having astonishing ability or guts): よう (), よくぞ (yoku zo), よくも (yoku mo)
    Sense id: en-よく-ja-adj--hfop1BX Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 39 39 3 13 6 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 28 28 2 38 4 Disambiguation of 'having astonishing ability or guts': 1 1 1 96 2
  5. 能く: (literary) able to
    Sense id: en-よく-ja-adj-CtTQnRLp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: よう () [dialectal] Related terms: 余り: not very often (amari) (english: with negative verbs), not much, 時々 (tokidoki) (ruby: (とき), (どき)) (english: sometimes, at times, occasionally)
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for よく meaning in All languages combined (4.5kB)

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          "english": "Well done!",
          "roman": "Yoku yatta.",
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          "english": "Well done for making it this far.",
          "roman": "Yoku kita na.",
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              "わたし"
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              "本",
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