宜しく

Japanese

Kanji in this term
宜
よろ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
4649 (slang) 夜露死苦 (slang) 宜敷く (rare)

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Alternative forms

• (slang) 4(よ)6(ろ)4(し)9(く) (yoroshiku)
• (slang) 夜(よ)露(ろ)死(し)苦(く) (yoroshiku)
• (rare) 宜(よろ)敷(し)く (yoroshiku)
• (literary or dialect) よろしゅう (yoroshū)

Etymology

Regular -ku adverbial form of -i adjective 宜しい (yoroshii, “good”, polite, formal). Use as an interjection arose as a contraction of the longer phrase 宜しくお願いします (yoroshiku onegai shimasu, “please think well of me”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) よろしく [yòróꜜshìkù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) よろしく [yòróshíkú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [jo̞ɾo̞ɕi̥kɯ̟]

Adverb

宜(よろ)しく • (yoroshiku) 

1. (polite, formal) well, acceptably

Interjection

宜(よろ)しく • (yoroshiku) 

1. pleased to meet you
   • 2002 March 9, Yumi Hotta with Obata, Takeshi, “第(だい)131(ひゃくさんじゅういち)局(きょく)　試(ため)される伊(い)角(すみ) [Game 131: Isumi’s Endeavor]”, in ヒカルの碁 [Hikaru’s Go], volume 16 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 55:

     今日(きょう)はオレ１(いち)日(にち)部(へ)屋(や)にいたからさ　今(いま)　君(きみ)のこと聞(き)いたんだ　よろしく　楊(ヤン)海(ハイ)だ

     Kyō wa ore ichi-nichi heya ni ita kara sa ima kimi no koto kiita n da Yoroshiku Yan Hai da

     I was in my room all day, so I only heard about you just now. I’m Yang Hai, nice to meet you.

2. best regards
3. thanks in advance
4. thanks for your continued support

   これからもよろしく。

   Kore kara mo yoroshiku.

   Until we meet again

   (literally, “Be favorable in the future as well”)

Usage notes

• Most commonly written all in hiragana as よろしく. The kanji spelling is generally reserved for formal contexts.
• As noted above, use as an interjection arose as a contraction of the longer phrase 宜しくお願いします (yoroshiku onegai shimasu, “please think well of me”). Also encountered as the full formal phrase どうぞ宜しくお願いします (dōzo yoroshiku onegai shimasu), and the abbreviated form どうぞ宜しく (dōzo yoroshiku).