已
已: already
already; stop (literary)
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Readings
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Kunやむ・すでに・のみ・はなはだ
Looks like 己 and 巳. Modern writing replaces it: 既に, 止む, 以上 are used instead of 已に, 已む, 已上.
Key words
已にすでにalready
已むやむto stop; to cease
已むを得ないやむをえないunavoidable
已上いじょうnot less than; the above
Example sentences
已に日は暮れ、山道には冷たい風が吹き始めていた。
The sun had already set, and a cold wind had begun to blow along the mountain path.
雨は夜になっても已まず、川の水はどんどん増えていった。
The rain did not let up even at night, and the river kept rising.
台風で電車が止まったので、旅行を中止するのも已むを得ない。
The trains have stopped because of the typhoon, so canceling the trip can't be helped.