宜しく
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宜 |
よろ Grade: S |
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4649 (slang) 夜露死苦 (slang) 宜敷く (rare) |
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Alternative forms
[edit]- (slang) 4649 (yoroshiku)
- (slang) 夜露死苦 (yoroshiku)
- (rare) 宜敷く (yoroshiku)
- (literary or dialect) よろしゅう (yoroshū)
Etymology
[edit]Regular -ku adverbial form of -i adjective 宜しい (yoroshii, “good”, polite, formal). Use as an interjection arose as a contraction of the longer phrase 宜しくお願いします (yoroshiku onegai shimasu, “please think well of me”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Tokyo) よろしく [yòróꜜsh
ìkù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1] - (Tokyo) よろしく [yòrósh
íkú] (Heiban – [0])[1] - IPA(key): [jo̞ɾo̞ɕi̥kɯ̟]
Adverb
[edit]- (polite, formal) well, acceptably
Interjection
[edit]- pleased to meet you
- 2002 March 9, Yumi Hotta with Obata, Takeshi, “第131局 試される伊角 [Game 131: Isumi’s Endeavor]”, in ヒカルの碁 [Hikaru’s Go], volume 16 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 55:
- 今日はオレ1日部屋にいたからさ 今 君のこと聞いたんだ よろしく 楊海だ
- Kyō wa ore ichi-nichi heya ni ita kara sa ima kimi no koto kiita n da Yoroshiku Yan Hai da
- I was in my room all day, so I only heard about you just now. I’m Yang Hai, nice to meet you.
- 今日はオレ1日部屋にいたからさ 今 君のこと聞いたんだ よろしく 楊海だ
- best regards
- thanks in advance
- thanks for your continued support
- これからもよろしく。
- Kore kara mo yoroshiku.
- Until we meet again
- (literally, “Be favorable in the future as well”)
- これからもよろしく。
Usage notes
[edit]- Most commonly written all in hiragana as よろしく. The kanji spelling is generally reserved for formal contexts.
- As noted above, use as an interjection arose as a contraction of the longer phrase 宜しくお願いします (yoroshiku onegai shimasu, “please think well of me”). Also encountered as the full formal phrase どうぞ宜しくお願いします (dōzo yoroshiku onegai shimasu), and the abbreviated form どうぞ宜しく (dōzo yoroshiku).
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