漸く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
漸
ようや
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Adverb

漸く (hiragana ようやく, rōmaji yōyaku, historical hiragana やうやく)

  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

  • やっと (yatto)
  • 漸 (ようよ)う (yōyō)

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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