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JLPT N4 · Frequency & timing

ようやく

finally; at length

Stroke order of ようやく

4 characters, 8 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

よ · 2 strokesう · 2 strokesや · 3 strokesく · 1 strokes

Memory trick

YOUYAKU — 'yo, you ack-oo': yo, you finally acked it!

Parts: adverb; relief after long effort

The characters in ようやく

  • よ よ — yo (2 strokes)
  • う う — u (2 strokes)
  • や や — ya (3 strokes)
  • く く — ku (1 strokes)

Example sentence

ようやく春になりました。

ようやくはるになりました。

Spring has finally come.

More words: Frequency & timing

そろそろsoon; it's about timeとうとうfinally; in the endこのあいだthe other dayしばらくfor a whileたまにoccasionallyもうすぐsoon; shortlyまもなくshortly; soonそのうちbefore long; eventually

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