よし

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, 芦: 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

For pronunciation and definitions of よし – see the following entries.

【喜】5 [proper noun] a male given name

【義】5 [proper noun] a male given name

【愛あづみ】4 [proper noun] a female given name Alternative spellings 真, ああい, あゝい, あいか, あいす, あき, あこ, あみか, あおい, ありさ, あや, あゆ, ちぎり, ちか, ちかし, えりな, はあと, ひかり, いと, いとし, いつみ, いずみ, かな, かなえ, かなさ, きずな, こころ, こゝろ, このむ, まどか, まなぶ, まなみ, めづる, めご, めぐ, めぐみ, めぐむ, めい, なる, なるこ, のぞみ, らぶ, るい, さら, さらん, つぐみ, つくみ, うい, よしき, よしみ

(This term, よし (yoshi), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as よし, see Category:Japanese kanji read as よし.

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
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 17, poem 3919:
     , text here:

     青(あを)丹(に)余之(よし)　奈(な)良(ら)能(の)美(み)夜(や)古(こ)波(は)　布里奴礼登(ふりぬれど)　毛等保登等藝須(もとほととぎす)　不鳴(なかず)安良奈久尓(あらなくに)

     青(あを)丹(に)よし　奈良(なら)の都(みやこ)は　古(ふ)りぬれど　本(もと)杜鵑(ほととぎす)　鳴(な)かず有(あ)らなくに
     awoni yosi // nara no miyako pa // purinuredo // moto pototogisu // nakazu aranaku ni

     Ah, the green-black earth // the capital of Nara // though it may be old // lo, the cuckoo birds of old // simply would not fail to sing

Usage notes

Only used at the end of phrases.