Well

"Well" in Japanese

元気

genki

(in good health)

良く

yoku

(accurately; competently)

良く

yoku

(completely; fully)

良く

yoku

(to a significant degree)

あのう

anō

(used to introduce a statement that may be contrary to expectations)

あのう

anō

(used in conversation to fill space)

うーん

ūn

(used to introduce a statement that may be contrary to expectations)

ええと

ēto

(used to introduce a statement that may be contrary to expectations)

ええと

ēto

(used in conversation to fill space)

おやおや

oya-oya

(exclamation of surprise)

まあ

maa

(exclamation of surprise)

井戸

ido

(hole sunk into the ground)

にじみ出る

nijimideru

(to issue forth)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.