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{{also|よじ}}
==Japanese==

===Adverb===
{{ja-pos|adverb}}

# {{ja-def|縦し}} [[so-so]]; [[even if]]

===Interjection===
{{ja-pos|interjection}}

# {{ja-def|良し|善し|好し|吉し|佳し|宜し}} [[all right]]! [[OK]]!

===Noun===
{{ja-noun}}

# {{ja-def|由|因|縁}} [[reason]], [[significance]]
# {{ja-def|ヨシ|葦|蘆|葭}} {{alt form|ja|あし|tr=ashi}}
# {{ja-def|止し}} [[quitting]]
# {{ja-def|余子}} any [[child]] who is not the direct [[heir]]; any other [[person]], someone [[else]]
# {{ja-def|余資|余貲}} extra [[capital]], unused [[asset]]s, remaining [[property]]
# {{ja-def|余矢}} in [[trigonometry]], the [[coversine]](the [[difference]] between [[one]] and the [[sine]] of an [[angle]]: <code>1 - ''sin''(angle)</code>)

===Proper noun===
{{ja-pos|proper}}

# {{ja-def|喜}} {{given name|ja|male}}

==Old Japanese==

===Etymology===
Combination of {{compound|ojp|よ|tr1=yo|pos1=phrase-ending interjectory particle marking emphasis|し|tr2=shi|pos2=phrase-ending interjectory particle marking admiration or exclamation}}.<ref name="KDJ">{{R:Kokugo Dai Jiten}}</ref><ref name="DJR">{{R:Daijirin}}</ref><ref name="DJS">{{R:Daijisen}}</ref>

===Particle===
{{head|ojp|particle|tr=yoshi}}

# {{n-g|indicates admiration or exclamation}}
#* {{RQ:Manyoshu|17|3919}}, text [http://jti.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/manyoshu/Man17Yo.html#3919 here]:
#*: {{ja-usex|青 丹 '''余之'''　奈%良 能 美%夜%古 波　布里奴礼登　毛等保登等藝須　不鳴 安良奈久尓|あを に '''よし'''　な%ら の み%や%こ は　ふりぬれど　もとほととぎす　なかず あらなくに|rom={{ja-r|青%丹|あを%に|rom=-}}'''よし'''　{{ja-r|奈良|なら|rom=-}}{{ja-r|の|rom=-}}{{ja-r|都|みやこ|rom=-}}{{ja-r|は|rom=-}}　{{ja-r|古りぬれど|ふりぬれど|linkto=ふりぬる|rom=-}}　{{ja-r|本|もと|rom=-}}{{ja-r|杜鵑|ほととぎす|rom=-}}　{{ja-r|鳴かず|なかず|linkto=鳴く|rom=-}}{{ja-r|有らなく|あらなく|linkto=有る|rom=-}}{{ja-r|に|rom=-}}<br/>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.

===References===
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