ようそろ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
ヨーソローようそろうよーそろー宜候 (rare) 宜う候 (rare) 好候 (rare) 好う候 (rare) 良候 (rare)

Etymology

Derived from 宜しく候 (yoroshiku sōrō, “I will be in your service”).^[1] The common form ようそろ (yōsoro) is a sound change from よくそうろう (yoku sōrō).^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [jo̞ːso̞ɾo̞]

Interjection

ようそろ • (yōsoro)

A navigational term used to issue the command to steer a ship or vessel straight ahead, often issued after a command to turn, when the ship or vessel is ready to move in the direction it is currently heading.^[1]^[2]^[3] Analogous to "keep her steady" in English usage.^[4]^[5]
全(ぜん)速(そく)前(ぜん)進(しん)ようそろ！^[2]
Zensoku zenshin yōsoro!
Move full speed ahead, and keep her steady!

一(いち)五(ご)度(ど)ようそろ！^[1]
Ichi-go-do yōsoro!
Set heading to 15 degrees, then keep her steady!
(naval, military) okay, good^[2]
a filler word used in musical accompaniment^[1]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ 2004, 難読語辞典 (Nandoku-go jiten) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Ohta Publishing, →ISBN
^ Kiyofumi NAKAUCHI (中内清文), Japanese-English-Spanish-French-Portuguese Comprehensive Ocean Dictionary (和英西仏葡語海洋総合辞典)
^ JMdict

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJS-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[3] 2004, 難読語辞典 (Nandoku-go jiten) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Ohta Publishing, →ISBN

[4] Kiyofumi NAKAUCHI (中内清文), Japanese-English-Spanish-French-Portuguese Comprehensive Ocean Dictionary (和英西仏葡語海洋総合辞典)

[5] JMdict

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