► 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:
- どうやって話を切り出したら良いか分からなかった ⇨ I didn’t know how to broach the subject
- 一体どうすれば良いんだ？ ⇨ What the hell am I supposed to do?
- その中ではこれが一番良い ⇨ This is the best among those
- 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?
- 好きなようにすれば良い ⇨ Do as you wish
- 癌の発見は早ければ早い程良い ⇨ The earlier the discovery of cancer, the better
- 切りが良い所で止めておこう ⇨ This is a good break, spot, to stop our work
- この温泉は丁度良い湯加減だ ⇨ This hotspring is just the right hot water temperature
- 私は都会よりも田舎に住む方が良い ⇨ I prefer living in a countryside rather than in a big city
- 私は朝食はあっさりした物が良い ⇨ I prefer light (not too rich, greasy) stuff for breakfast
- 最近良いラーメン屋を見つけた ⇨ Recently I found a good ramen restaurant
- 虫の良いことを言いやがって ⇨ What a selfish thing to say
- 飲み物は何が良い？ ⇨ What is a good drink for you? What do you want to drink?
- どんなふうにやれば良いのか分からない ⇨ I can’t tell what way, how, I should do it
- 稼ぎの良い仕事 ⇨ High-paying jobs