ご機嫌よう

Japanese
Japanese phrasebook
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Kanji in this term
機 嫌
き
Grade: 4		 げん
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
御機嫌よう

Etymology

ご機嫌 +‎ よう (reduced form of よく)

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

Interjection

ご機(き)嫌(げん)よう • (gokigen yō) 

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

Usage notes

This phrase is used chiefly among high-class people.

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