Oct 25, 2016 · The base is the "i" adjective 良い（よい /yoi） which means good. There are many ways to use it but basically the meaning will always be well or sometimes often (when in the yoku form). よ …

May 13, 2015 · Consider the following: 良い yoi — 良く yoku いい ii — よく yoku When typing いい, IME offers 良い in the lookup table. It makes me wonder whether いい is just an alias of 良い but it is …

2 良く, yoku, means both "frequently" and "well". It's the same kanji as yoi but in the adverb form. If you think about doing something well as being similar to doing it thoroughly and doing it thoroughly as …

Jun 22, 2019 · だめ (dame) has a connotation of being not allowed, or so bad that it's just unacceptable. よくない (yokunai) is simply something that is the opposite of good いい (ii) and carries a bit less …

Jun 17, 2020 · tamago o yoku tabemasu. kudamono wa amari tabemasen. Why for the first sentence with tamago, the particle "o" is used where as for the second sentence with kudamono, …

What's the difference between 「うまく」, 「上手に」 and 「よく」, all seemingly meaning "well" in English? Someone said that I should use 「よく」 rather than 「うまく」 in the following sentence. …

Jun 26, 2021 · I know that よく means 'often' or 'well', but what is the meaning of it when it is used before わからない? Does it mean 'I often don't understand', or does it mean 'I don't really know'?

I think the accepted answer by dainichi to this question answers it pretty well: It depends not only on the verb, but on the form of the verb. The general rule is that static verbs and adjectives take "ga" and …

Jul 28, 2014 · This is a pair of polarity items. One appears in positive contexts, the other in negative: イギリスの ジャムは とても おいしいです。 イギリスの ジャムは あまり おいしくありません。 …

Oct 30, 2022 · Would the sentence 牛肉はよく食べません。 / I don't eat beef often. be: grammatically incorrect because よく is used only in affirmative sentences? grammatically correct, but unnatural …