陽よう
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. (the) positive
Noun
2. yang (in Chinese divination)
3. the open; visible place; public place
Kanji used
sunshine
Pitch accent
よ
う
Top 13600
Used in vocabulary (54 in total)
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
cosmic dual forces; yin and yang; sun and moon; positive and negative (magnetic poles, electric terminals, etc.); cathode and anode
heat shimmer; heat haze; shimmering of hot air
diversion; distraction; feint
morning sun; sunrise
cheery person
setting sun; decline (e.g. of industry)
positive (result); positive (attitude); cheerful; optimistic
south side of a mountain; Sanyo district
the positive and the negative; yin and yang
Yangmingism (school of neo-Confucianism based on the teachings of Wang Yangming); School of Mind
penis; phallus
return of spring; long-awaited, favorable turn of fortune (favourable)
visibly; openly; publicly
phallus; penis
solar calendar
odd number (considered lucky in Onmyōdō numerology); (lit.) yang number
anode; positive pole; plus terminal
white candlestick (in a candlestick chart); bullish candlestick
the lesser yang (in yin-yang)
relief (carving)
positive pressure
official history of the Ryukyu Kingdom (compiled between 1743 and 1745); Kyūyō (poetic name for the Ryukyu Islands)
positive reaction (to medical test)
summer sun; summer
the lesser yang (in yin-yang)
open reward (for anonymous act of charity)
positive charge; positive electricity
explicit function
anhemitonic pentatonic scale (pentatonic scale containing no semitones)
Guiyang (China)
anode ray; positive ray; canal ray
pavilion housing imperial treasures and historical artifacts (in Heian Palace)
positive plate; anode plate
The Setting Sun (1947 novel by Osamu Dazai); Shayou
court ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace)
yang yao (unbroken line composing one third of a trigram)
anhemitonic pentatonic scale (pentatonic scale containing no semitones)
to be favorably received and sell extremely well (of a book); (lit.) to raise the price of paper in Luoyang