よく

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
良く善く克く能く

Alternative forms

(dialect):
- よう (yō)
(having astonishing ability or guts):
- よう (yō)
- よくぞ (yoku zo)
- よくも (yoku mo)

Adjective

よく • (yoku)

adverbial form of よい (yoi, “good”)
adverbial form of いい (ii, “good”)
良く, 善く, 克く: good, well
よくやった。
Yoku yatta.
Well done!

よく来(き)たな。
Yoku kita na.
Well done for making it this far.
良く: frequently, often
私(わたし)は本(ほん)をよく読(よ)みます。
Watashi wa hon o yoku yomimasu.
I read books a lot.
良く, 善く: having astonishing ability or guts
よくそんなこと言(い)えるね。
Yoku sonna koto ieru ne.
You've got guts saying something like that.
能く: (literary) able to
- Sima Qian, Records of the Grand Historian, kanbun kundoku:
  能(よ)く之(これ)を行(おこな)う者(もの)
  yoku kore o okonau mono
  those who can do this

Antonyms

全(ぜん)然(ぜん) (zenzen): (with negative verbs) not at all; completely never

Etymology 2

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

【欲】6

[noun] desire, a want, that which is wanted

[noun] greed, avarice

[noun] ambition, will

Alternative spelling
慾

【翼】S

[noun] a wing (of a bird or insect)

[noun] (aviation) an airfoil

[noun] (military) a flank

[noun] a blade (of a propeller, turbine, etc.) with the same cross section of an aircraft wing

[counter] counter for wings of birds

[counter] (by extension) counter for birds

[counter] counter for boats

[affix] wing (of a bird, insect, aircraft, etc.)

[affix] (by extension) something overhanging both left and right, like a wing

[affix] assist, help, support

[proper noun] (Chinese astronomy) the Wings constellation, one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions

[proper noun] a female given name

(This term, よく, is an alternative spelling of the above Sino-Japanese terms.
For a list of all kanji read as よく, not just those used in Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji read as よく.)

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