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 …

May 13, 2015 · 12 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Oct 6, 2014 · いい is an adjective that can be used as: - attributive: ->That's an interesting idea. - predicative: ->That idea is interesting. Thus like any -ing adjectives cannot be modified. Origin: …

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 …

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

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 …