よし

See also: よじ

Japanese

Adverb

よし • (yoshi) 

1. 縦よし: so-so; even if

Interjection

よし • (yoshi) 

1. 良いし, 善よし, 好よし, 吉きちし, 佳よし, 宜よろし: all right! OK!

Noun

よし • (yoshi) 

1. 由ゆかり, 因いん, 縁えん: reason, significance
2. ヨシ, 葦あし, 蘆あし, 葭かや: Alternative form of あし (ashi)
3. 止よし: quitting
4. 余子よし: any child who is not the direct heir; any other person, someone else
5. 余よ資し, 余よ貲: extra capital, unused assets, remaining property
6. 余よ矢や: in trigonometry, the coversine(the difference between one and the sine of an angle: 1 - sin(angle))

Proper noun

よし • (Yoshi) 

1. 喜き: a male given name

Old Japanese

Etymology

Combination of よ (yo, phrase-ending interjectory particle marking emphasis) +‎ し (shi, phrase-ending interjectory particle marking admiration or exclamation).

Particle

よし (yoshi)

1. indicates admiration or exclamation
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 17, poem 3919:
     , text here:

     青あお(あを)丹に(に)余よ之の(よし)　奈(な)良りょう(ら)能のう(の)美よし(み)夜よる(や)古ふる(こ)波なみ(は)　布里ふり奴やつ礼れい登とう(ふりぬれど)　毛もう等ひとし保ほ登とう等とう藝げい須(もとほととぎす)　不ふ鳴な(なかず)安良やすら奈久尓(あらなくに)

     青あお(あを)丹に(に)よし　奈良なら(なら)の都と(みやこ)は　古ふる(ふ)りぬれど　本ほん(もと)杜鵑とけん(ほととぎす)　鳴な(な)かず有ゆう(あ)らなくに
     awoni yosi // nara no miyako pa // purinuredo // moto pototogisu // nakazu aranaku ni

     Ah, the green-black earth // the capital of Nara // though it may be old // lo, the cuckoo birds of old // simply would not fail to sing

Usage notes

Only used at the end of phrases.