► 形容詞
良い [(1)いい] meaning: acceptable rank: 1
☆ どうすれば良いのだろう？ ⇨ What should I do? What am I supposed to do?
☆ 何時に御伺すれば良いでしょうか？ ⇨ What is the good time for me to visit you?
良い [(1)いい] meaning: convenient rank: 1
☆ 君の良いようにすれば良い ⇨ You can do, have it, the way that works for you
良い [(1)いい] [もう良い] [coll] meaning: enough rank: 1
☆ こんなに頼んでも駄目ならもう良いよ ⇨ If you still don’t agree after I had asked you this much, then so be it
☆ もっと食べる？いや、もう良い ⇨ You want to have more? No, I’m good, I’ve had enough
良い [(1)いい] meaning: good rank: 1
☆ あの映画はなかなか良かった ⇨ That movie was pretty good
☆ 今日は天気が良い ⇨ The weather is good today
☆ 彼女は良い子だ ⇨ She’s a good kid
☆ こんなもの貰っても良い迷惑だ ⇨ It is a good trouble, very awkward, to receive a gift like this (☛ An ironic use)
☆ 皆の前で失敗して良い笑い者になってしまった ⇨ I failed in front of everybody, and became a good jester, the butt of a joke (☛ An ironic use)
☆ 全て上手く行って本当に良かった ⇨ It is really great that everything went well (☛ Note that unlike in English, it is always in the past tense as 良かった)
☆ 気に入ってくれた良かった ⇨ It is great that you liked it (☛ Note that unlike in English, it is always in the past tense as 良かった)
良い [(1)いい] [良くない] meaning: good rank: 1
☆ 一人で考え込むのは良くない (よくない) ⇨ It’s not good to blood by yourself
☆ 長時間座っているのは健康に良くない (よくない) ⇨ Sitting long hours is not good for your health
良い [(1)いい] meaning: OK rank: 1
☆ これ食べても良い？ ⇨ Is it OK if I eat this?
☆ 質問しても良いですか？ ⇨ Is it OK if I ask you a question?
良い [(1)よい] [liter] meaning: good rank: 1
☆ 古き良き時代 ⇨ Good old days
☆ 良い子の皆さん今日は ⇨ Hello, you good kids! (☛ よい is the formal pronunciation but usaully pronounced いい in conversation )
良い [(1)いい] [良い年] [coll] meaning: old rank: 2
☆ 良い年していつまでそんな格好してるんだ ⇨ How old do you have to be to stop wearing something like that? (☛ Old enough or too old to do something)
More examples:
- 彼女は今日はいやに機嫌が良い ⇨ She seems to be very upbeat today for whatever the reason
- この箱は丁度良い大きさだ ⇨ This box is just the right size
- 彼女は今日はやけに機嫌が良い ⇨ She is unusually upbeat today
- なんか凄く御機嫌だね。なんか良いこと有ったの？ ⇨ You’re in such a great mood. Has something good happened to you?
- より使い易くするにはどうしたら良いだろう？ ⇨ What can we do to make it easier to use?
- オーブンの温度はどれくらいにすれば良いの？ ⇨ What temperature should I set the oven at?
- 日日は早ければ早い程良い ⇨ For the date, the earlier the better
- この国は自由だといっても勿論何をしても良いわけではない ⇨ This is a free country but of course it is not like you can do anything you want
- どうも良いのが見つからない ⇨ I just haven’t been able to find a suitable one
- あの会社は給料が良い ⇨ That company pays good salary
- 夢は大きいほうが良い ⇨ Dreams are better when big
- 切りが良い所で止めておこう ⇨ This is a good break, spot, to stop our work
- 最初彼女はそれで良いと言っていた。なのに後になって嫌だと言い出した ⇨ Initially she had said it was OK. But, in spite of that, later she started saying she didn’t like it
- そうしたかったらそうすれば良い ⇨ If you want to do so, then you can do so
- 素直な良い子 ⇨ A honest good kid