よか

Japanese

Alternative spelling
良か

Adjective

よか • (yoka) ^†-ka

1. Ka-ending dialect form of よい (yoi, “good”)
   • 1984 November 15, Motoka Murakami, “武(ぶ)道(どう)家(か)二人(ふたり)の巻(まき) [Two Martial Artists]”, in 六(ム)三(サ)四(シ)の剣(けん) [Musashi’s Sword], volume 17 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 93:

     よか‼縁(えん)起(ぎ)がよかど‼明(あし)日(た)ん勝(しょう)負(ぶ)はオイの勝(か)ちじゃっ‼夏(なつ)木(き)め！みてみれ、天(てん)に吹(ふ)きあがっあん火(ひ)は、薩(さつ)摩(ま)隼(はや)人(と)の熱(あつ)か血(ち)じゃっど‼

     Yoka‼ Engi ga yoka do‼ Ashitan shōbu wa oi no kachi ja'‼ Natsuki me! Mite mire, ten ni fukiaga' an hi wa, Satsuma Hayato no atsuka chi jaddo‼

     Awrite‼ Dat’s whut ah call a good omen‼ Tomorrow, victory will be mahn‼ Hey, Natsuki! Gedda load-a dat fire risin’ up in de sky‼ Dat’s de heated bloodstream of de Hayato of Satsuma right dere‼

Interjection

よか • (yoka) 

1. (Kagoshima) Synonym of よし (yoshi, “alright; good”)
   • 1984 November 15, Motoka Murakami, “武(ぶ)道(どう)家(か)二人(ふたり)の巻(まき) [Two Martial Artists]”, in 六(ム)三(サ)四(シ)の剣(けん) [Musashi’s Sword], volume 17 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 93:

     よか‼縁(えん)起(ぎ)がよかど‼明(あし)日(た)ん勝(しょう)負(ぶ)はオイの勝(か)ちじゃっ‼夏(なつ)木(き)め！みてみれ、天(てん)に吹(ふ)きあがっあん火(ひ)は、薩(さつ)摩(ま)隼(はや)人(と)の熱(あつ)か血(ち)じゃっど‼

     Yoka‼ Engi ga yoka do‼ Ashitan shōbu wa oi no kachi ja'‼ Natsuki me! Mite mire, ten ni fukiaga' an hi wa, Satsuma Hayato no atsuka chi jaddo‼

     Awrite‼ Dat’s whut ah call a good omen‼ Tomorrow, victory will be mahn‼ Hey, Natsuki! Gedda load-a dat fire risin’ up in de sky‼ Dat’s de heated bloodstream of de Hayato of Satsuma right dere‼