よたよた

unsteadily, waddling, staggeringly, totteringly

よしよし

よしよし

there, there

よき人

よきひと

person of high rank

きよしこの夜

きよしこのよる

Silent Night (Japanese version of the song)

きしきし

squeak, creak

よし

よーし ようし

alright, all right, right on, looking good, OK, okay

多様式

たようしき

multimodality; polymodality

多岐多様

たきたよう

wide-ranging and diverse, multifarious

嫁たたき

よめたたき

traditional koshogatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit with a sacred wooden pole on the rump to ensure her fertility

嫁の尻たたき

よめのしりたたき

traditional koshogatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit with a sacred wooden pole on the rump to ensure her fertility

北寄り

きたより

northerly (wind), from the north

多様式主義

たようしきしゅぎ

polystylism

用足し

ようたし ようたつ

running errands, going on errands

よく出来ました

よくできました

well done; good job

清元節

きよもとぶし きよもとたかし

style of joruri narrative performance

下読み

したよみ

preparatory reading, lesson study, rehearsal (of play)

多種多様

たしゅたよう

a great variety of, diversity

与式

よしき

the assigned equation (used in maths to avoid writing out the original equation again in full)

夜働き

よばたらき

night work