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► 終助詞
  [よ]  [coll]    meaning:  indeed  rank: 1
☆ これ美味しいですよ ⇨ This is delicious
☆ ですよ ⇨ Something is not right

  [よ]  [coll]  [女]    meaning:  indeed  rank: 1
☆ 間違ってるのはあなたよ ⇨ It is you who is wrong  (☛ Female-speak when directly follows a noun)
☆ そんなの駄目よ! ⇨ That doesn’t work, I won’t accept that!  (☛ Female-speak when directly follows the stem of 形容動詞)

  [よ]  [coll]  [男]    meaning:  indeed  rank: 1
☆ いい加減にしろよ! ⇨ Cut your crap!  (☛ Male-speak when follows the imperative form of a verb)
☆ そりゃ駄目だよ ⇨ That won’t work. That’s not good  (☛ Male-speak when follows だ)

  [よ]  [coll]  [女]    meaning:  indeed  rank: 1
☆ めてよ! ⇨ Stop it!  (☛ Mostly female/child-speak when follows て)

  [よ]  [coll]    meaning:  request  rank: 1
☆ もう一度考えてみてさいよ ⇨ Please reconsider
☆ 一度試してみてよ ⇨ Give it a try

  [よ]  [coll]    meaning:  suggest  rank: 1
☆ そろそろ昼御飯にしましょうよ ⇨ Let’s have lunch
☆ もうろうよ ⇨ Let’s go home
☆ もうしてあげなよ ⇨ It is about time you should forgive him

  [よ]  [liter]    meaning:  addressing  rank: 2
☆ い! ⇨ Hey spring, come quick!
☆ 青春よ、戻ってきてくれ! ⇨ My days of youth, please come back!

  [よ]  [liter]    meaning:  command  rank: 2
☆ Aの角度めよ ⇨ Find the angle of A  (☛ Usually used only in school exams)
☆ 日本内閣制度について説明せよ ⇨ Explain the Japanese parliamentary system  (☛ Usually used only in school exams)

  [よ]  [coll]  [男]    meaning:  rhetorical question  rank: 2
☆ またかよ? ⇨ Not again, right?
☆ 本当かよ? ⇨ Really? You gotta be kidding me, right?