Word Meaning 弥

よ yo

弥 is read as よ (yo) and means extremely.

Meaning

English

extremely
very
more and more
increasingly

Reading

Kana

よ

Romaji

Writing Variants

弥いや iya
弥いよ iyo
弥いよよ iyoyo
愈いよよ iyoyo

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 8 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 2級 Rank 132977 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

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弥生

やよい

thick growth (of grass, etc.)

弥生時代

やよいじだい

Yayoi period (c. 300 BCE-300 CE)

弥勒

みろく

Maitreya (Bodhisattva)

大阪府立弥生文化博物館

おおさかふりつやよいぶんかはくぶつかん

Osaka Prefectural Museum of Yayoi Culture

阿弥陀

あみだ

wearing a hat pushed back on one's head

Example Sentences

僕の名は弥太郎です。

My name is Yatarou.

ここで中断したら元の木阿弥だぞっ。

If we stop here, we'll be right back where we started!

もー、弥生のナビが判りにくいから、同じトコぐるぐる回ったじゃない。

Hmph, Yayoi's navigation was difficult to follow so we ended up going round and round the same places.

僕が昼飯を喰っている時、吉弥は僕のところへやって来て、飯の給仕をしてくれながら太い指にきらめいている宝石入りの指輪を嬉しそうにいじくっていた。

As I was eating lunch, Kichiya came to me and, while she was serving my meal, she was toying happily with her ring set with a gleaming jewel.

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