Wikipedia seems to treat "yoi" as used in the context as interchangeable with shizentai (natural stance). Most karate sites do also translate the meaning as "ready".

Oct 17, 2019 · When doing karate years ago the sensei would use the word ''yoi'' to instruct the students to take a ready/prepared stance. I didn't speak any Japanese then but I remember the word.

May 13, 2015 · Consider the following: 良い yoi — 良く yoku いい ii — よく yoku When typing いい, IME offers 良い in the lookup table. It makes me wonder whether いい is just an alias of 良い but it is …

Aug 25, 2021 · Both readings are possible in the limited context of your sample string: 良い一日 → yoi ichinichi 良い一日 → yoi tsuitachi Which reading you should use depends on your intended context. …

Sep 17, 2015 · They are quite the same except that よい sounds a bit more formal or contrived depending on the situation but that's all. What you may already know is that いい only has a 連体形 …

Oct 6, 2014 · For what it's worth: よい is an i-adjective and can then be modified like any other adjectives in い いい is an adjective that can be used as: - attributive: ->That's an interesting idea. - …

I saw the phrase よいではないか (yoi de wa nai ka) in a comic strip, and decided to look it up because its literal meaning of "isn't it good?" didn't seem to make any sense. My research indicated that it...

Jul 28, 2020 · is a phrase that can be taken to correspond to "sweet dreams" which can be used in combination with おやすみ (なさい). (良い can be read either よい yoi or いい ii.) Other variations, …

It's the same kanji as yoi but in the adverb form. If you think about doing something well as being similar to doing it thoroughly and doing it thoroughly as similar to doing it often perhaps you can see the …

Jun 14, 2020 · Why is it 'tsuitachi' if the pronunciation can only be ichi, hito, or hitotsu?