漸く

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)

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