Is よくじゃない correct for “not often”?


I know I can say ときどき for sometimes and よく for often, but would よくじゃない be a
correct way to say “not often”? If not, how would one say “not often”?




While 「よくじゃない」("Not often."), all by itself, might actually be uttered by some
in very informal conversations, it would also be considered to be fairly
sloppy speech by others. It sounds kind of **_curt_** all by itself.

I would recommend that you add a little word or two to it to avoid that and
say instead:

・「よくじゃない **けど** 、 **ときどき** ・・」

・「よく **では** ない **けど** 、 **たまに** ・・」

・「よく **ってわけ** じゃない **けど** 、 **（たまには）** ・・」

You would sound like a much better conversationalist if you said one of the
above instead.

