漸く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
漸
ようや Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
漸やく (rare)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) よーやく [yòóyákú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [jo̞ːja̠kɯ̟]

Adverb

漸(ようや)く • (yōyaku) ^{←やうやく (yauyaku)?}

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)
• 辛(かろ)うじて (karōjite)