よ Japanese Grammar Advanced

Kana よ

1. ～ようと・～ようが ようと・ようが A concessive conjunction meaning 'no matter how' or 'even if.' It expresses that the result remains unchanged regardless of the extreme c...
2. ～ようにも～ない ようにも A concessive expression meaning 'even if one wants to do something, one cannot.' It conveys frustrated inability where the desire or inte...
3. ～ようものなら ようものなら A hypothetical conditional meaning 'if one were to dare' or 'should one happen to.' It presents an undesirable hypothetical action and wa...
4. ～ようでは ようでは A critical conditional meaning 'if it is the case that' or 'if things are such that.' It presents an observed or assumed undesirable situ...
5. より・のほか（に）（は）～ない よりほかない A phrase conveying that there is no other choice or option than to do something. It means 'there is nothing to do but' or 'the only optio...
6. 由・よし よし A dependent noun meaning 'it is reported that' or 'I have learned that,' used to mark the content of information the writer has received ...