ご機嫌よう

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Japanese[edit]

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
げん
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
御機嫌よう

Etymology[edit]

ご機嫌 +‎ よう (reduced form of よく)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Tokyo) きげんよ [gòkígéń yóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɡo̞kʲiɡẽ̞ɰ̃ jo̞ː]

Interjection[edit]

()(げん)よう (gokigen yō

  1. how do you do? how are you? (salutation)
  2. farewell (valediction)

Usage notes[edit]

This phrase is used chiefly among high-class people.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN