漸く

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) よーやく [yòóyákú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA^(key): [jo̞ːja̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Adverb

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

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.
gradually
scarcely; hardly; barely

Synonyms

やっと (yatto)
漸 (ようよ)う (yōyō)

References

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

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