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    3. よいしょ

    よいしょ

    よいしょ

    huff!

    NTDaily LifeSports & Martial ArtsKana Vocab7 strokes

    よいしょヨイショよいっしょヨイッショ

    Interjection

    1.
    huff!, yo-heave-ho!, heigh-ho
    2.
    yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps)
    sumo
    3.
    yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.)

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    4.
    flattery, buttering up (someone), sucking up to

    Stroke 0 / 7

    Speed1.0x

    Kana that make up this word

    よ
    yo
    い
    i
    し
    shi
    ょ
    small yo
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