漸く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
漸
ようや
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
漸やく (rare)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) よーやく [yòóyákú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [jo̞ːja̠kɯ̟]

Adverb

漸(ようや)く • (yōyaku) ←やうやく (yauyaku)?

  1. at last; at length; finally
    ようやく雨(あめ)が止(や)んだ。
    Yōyaku ame ga yanda.
    Finally the rain stopped.
  2. gradually
  3. scarcely; hardly; barely

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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