より
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[edit]Etymology 1
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ゟ (archaic) 与利 (archaic) |
Originally derived as stem noun form of verb よる (yoru, “to arise from, to start from”), spelled variously in kanji as 因る, 依る, 由る.
Pronunciation
[edit]Particle
[edit]- than; rather than; more than; more so than
- 上田さんは僕より背が高い。
- Ueda-san wa boku yori se ga takai.
- Mr. Ueda is taller than I am.
- オレンジより林檎が好き。
- Orenji yori ringo ga suki.
- I like apples more than oranges.
- 上田さんは僕より背が高い。
- from, beyond, or past a point in space or time
- ここより危ないですよ。
- Koko yori abunai desu yo.
- It's dangerous past / beyond / from here.
- 千歳より出発します。
- Chitose yori shuppatsu shimasu.
- We depart from Chitose.
- 博物館の展示が 6月 10日より開催されます。
- Hakubutsukan no tenji ga rokugatsu tōka yori kaisai saremasu.
- The museum exhibit opens from June 10.
- ここより危ないですよ。
Usage notes
[edit]The archaic ligature kana ゟ was used for yori from roughly the Edo Period to World War II. It is not used in contemporary Japanese.
Synonyms
[edit]- (more emphatic) よりも (yori mo)
Etymology 2
[edit]Calque of European grammatical constructions[1] such as English more, leveraging the from, beyond, past sense of the particle.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]- もっと (motto)
Etymology 3
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寄り |
The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 寄る (yoru, “to approach, to draw near”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- leaning
- (by extension) tending towards, leaning towards
- 2016, 永田カビ (Nagata Kabi)<t:Kabi Nagata>, さびしすぎてレズ風俗に行きましたレポ (Sabishisugite rezu fūzoku ni ikimashita repo) [My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness]:
Verb
[edit]- stem or continuative form of よる (yoru) [godan]
Further reading
[edit]- レズビアン用語 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ja
Etymology 4
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縒り 撚り |
The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 縒る, 撚る (yoru, “to twist, to entwine”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Verb
[edit]- stem or continuative form of よる (yoru) [godan]