VocabularyJLPT N5 · core

よろしい

よろしい
hepburn yoroshii

fine, OK (polite)

Part of speech · i-adjective

Pattern visualization

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Examples

  1. よろしいですか。
    Is it all right (polite)?
  2. これでよろしくお願いします。
    Looking forward to your favor.

Collocations

よろしい (yoroshii, OK / fine, polite)いい (ii, good, casual)よろしく (yoroshiku, please favor)よろしくお願いします (yoroshiku onegai shimasu)丁寧語 (teineigo, polite)

Mnemonic

Yoroshii (よろしい) is the polite variant of ii (good) — an i-adjective elevated register. The phrase "yoroshii desu ka" (is it all right) seeks polite confirmation. The adverb yoroshiku ("favorably") underpins yoroshiku onegai shimasu, the central Japanese business greeting. The matrix: first meetings, email closers, requests, New Year openers. More formal variant: yoroshiku onegai itashimasu. Korean jal butak deurimnida and Chinese qing duo guanzhao align. JLPT N5 keigo core.

Quick check

  1. Usage matrix for "yoroshiku onegai shimasu"?

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