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よく details

often + write

yoku kaku

often; a lot — or, of manner rather than count, well/thoroughly

meaning: write often

駅前えきまえ食堂しょくどうには、いまでもよく行くいく

ekimae no shokudou ni wa, ima demo yoku iku.

I still go often to the diner in front of the station. neutral

その気持きもち、よくかるよ。

sono kimochi, yoku wakaru yo.

I know exactly how you feel. casual

Examples

often; a lot — how many times something happens, with no upper bound implied

駅前えきまえ食堂しょくどうには、いまでもよくく。

ekimae no shokudou ni wa, ima demo yoku iku.

I still go often to the diner in front of the station. neutral

あのひと、よくわらうよね。

ano hito, yoku warau yo ne.

That guy laughs a lot, doesn't he. casual

このへんふゆでもよくあめります。

kono hen wa fuyu demo yoku ame ga furimasu.

It rains a lot around here even in winter. neutral

well; thoroughly — the manner of the act rather than its frequency

その気持きもち、よくかるよ。

sono kimochi, yoku wakaru yo.

I know exactly how you feel. casual

利用りようまえに、説明書せつめいしょをよくおみください。

go riyou no mae ni, setsumeisho o yoku o yomi kudasai.

Please read the instructions carefully before use. formal

Formation

Notes

In the past the two senses collide: よくたね is praise for coming at
all, not a report that you came often.

Related patterns

Similar

  • The same pre-verbal slot and the same job of counting occasions, but よく claims the act is the norm and says nothing about the gaps, while 時々 caps the count low and concedes the gaps are long — よくく advertises a habit, 時々行く plays one down.

  • いつも is falsified by a single exception, よく is not — so よくおくれる complains about a tendency the speaker could still find counterexamples to, and いつもおくれる accuses the person of every occasion at once.

Lookalikes

  • In よくなる the よく is なる's COMPLEMENT — the state reached, like たかくなる — not an adverb modifying it, so neither the "often" of よくく nor the "thoroughly" of よくかる is the right reading of 天気てんきがよくなる.