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: 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 difference between one and the sine of an angle: 1 - sin(angle)

Proper noun

よし • (Yoshi) 

  1. 喜: a male given name

Old Japanese

Etymology

Combination of よ (yo, phrase-ending interjectory particle marking emphasis) +‎ し (shi, phrase-ending interjectory particle marking admiration or exclamation).[1][2][3]

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.

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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