"よし" meaning in Japanese

See よし in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

Forms: yoshi [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb}} よし • (yoshi)
  1. 縦し: so-so; even if
    Sense id: en-よし-ja-adv-MqMett7l

Interjection

Forms: yoshi [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|interjection}} よし • (yoshi)
  1. 良し, 善し, 好し, 吉し, 佳し, 宜し: all right! OK!
    Sense id: en-よし-ja-intj-Ilt~okjn

Proper name

Forms: Yoshi [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper}} よし • (Yoshi)
  1. 喜: a male given name Categories (topical): Japanese given names, Japanese male given names
    Sense id: en-よし-ja-name-7TogUZPh Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 1 2 41 4 4 3 19 3 24 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 1 3 50 4 4 4 15 3 17 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 1 3 49 4 4 4 15 3 18

Noun

Forms: yoshi [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun}} よし • (yoshi)
  1. 由, 因, 縁: reason, significance
    Sense id: en-よし-ja-noun-UMHcxFIl
  2. ヨシ, 葦, 蘆, 葭: Alternative form of あし (ashi)
    Sense id: en-よし-ja-noun-HQw7zT~8
  3. 止し: quitting
    Sense id: en-よし-ja-noun-EBZmpP31
  4. 余子: any child who is not the direct heir; any other person, someone else
    Sense id: en-よし-ja-noun-nGuc--YZ
  5. 余資, 余貲: extra capital, unused assets, remaining property
    Sense id: en-よし-ja-noun-brP6zes~
  6. 余矢: in trigonometry, the coversine(the difference between one and the sine of an angle: 1 - sin(angle))
    Sense id: en-よし-ja-noun-zxeyzWbp

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for よし meaning in Japanese (4.0kB)

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          "善し#Japanese"
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          "好し#Japanese"
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          "吉し",
          "吉し#Japanese"
        ],
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          "佳し",
          "佳し#Japanese"
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          "宜し",
          "宜し#Japanese"
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          "縁",
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          "葭#Japanese"
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          "あし",
          "あし#Japanese"
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        "止し: quitting"
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          "heir",
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          "person",
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        ],
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          "else",
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      ],
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          "capital",
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          "asset",
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        ],
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          "difference",
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          "あし",
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      ],
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          "止し",
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        [
          "quitting",
          "quitting"
        ]
      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "余子: any child who is not the direct heir; any other person, someone else"
      ],
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          "余子",
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        ],
        [
          "child",
          "child"
        ],
        [
          "heir",
          "heir"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "else",
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      ]
    },
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      ],
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          "余資",
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        ],
        [
          "余貲",
          "余貲#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "capital",
          "capital"
        ],
        [
          "asset",
          "asset"
        ],
        [
          "property",
          "property"
        ]
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      ],
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          "one",
          "one"
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        ]
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