- 1. [adj-i] good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable — also いい (all senses)
- 2. [adj-i] sufficient; enough; ready; prepared
- 3. [adj-i] profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
- 4. [adj-i] OK; all right; fine; no problem — as て(も)良い, と(も)良い, etc.; indicates permission or compromise
- 5. [suf, adj-i] easy to ... — after the -masu stem of a verb
Conjugation — Adjective (―i)
| Dictionary form | よい | (yoi) |
| Polite | よいです | (yoidesu) |
| Past, plain | よかった | (yokatta) |
| Past, polite | よかったです | (yokattadesu) |
| Negative, plain | よくない | (yokunai) |
| Negative, polite | よくありません | (yokuarimasen) |
| Past negative, plain | よくなかった | (yokunakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | よくありませんでした | (yokuarimasendeshita) |
| Te-form | よくて | (yokute) |
| Conditional (―ba) | よければ | (yokereba) |
Kanji in this word
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良
good, pleasing, skilledOn: リョウ (ryou)Kun: よ.い (yo.i)、 -よ.い (-yo.i)、 い.い (i.i)、 -い.い (-i.i)
Example Sentences
私にはよい友達が数人いる。
I have several good friends.