ようこそ

Japanese
Japanese phrasebook
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Etymology

yoku koso → you koso → yoːkoso. From the adverb 良く (yoku, “well”) and the emphatic particle こそ (koso). The medial -k- drops out and the resulting -ou- elide into a long vowel.

Pronunciation

Adverb

ようこそ (rōmaji yōkoso)

  1. welcome (greeting given upon someone's arrival)
    日 (に)本 (ほん)へようこそ！
    Nihon e yōkoso!
    Welcome to Japan!
    地 (ち)球 (きゅう)へようこそ！
    Chikyū e yōkoso!
    Welcome to Earth!
    私 (わたし)たちの家 (うち)へようこそ。
    Watashitachi no uchi e yōkoso.
    Welcome to our home.
    • 2001 August 27, Amano, Kozue, “Navigationナビゲーション01　水みずの惑わく星せい [Navigation01 The Water Planet]”, in AQUAアクア [AQUA], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Enix, →ISBN, page 10:
      水 (みず)の惑 (わく)星 (せい)「ＡＱＵＡ (アクア)」へようこそ
      Mizu no Wakusei “Akua” e yōkoso
      Welcome to “AQUA,” the Water Planet

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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