How do you read 良い?

良い is read よい (yoi), with atamadaka pitch accent (high first, then falls).

How is 良い used in a sentence?

引っ越し先の部屋は、日当たりが良い。 — The room at the new place has good sunlight.

How do you write 良い in romaji?

良い is written yoi in romaji.

良よい

Q: What JLPT level is 良い?

良い is a JLPT N1 word (advanced).

よい · yoi

JLPT N1 › i-adjective ★ Studied by 24 learners

Good, excellent, fine, nice, pleasant, agreeable

sufficient, enough, ready, prepared
profitable (deal, business offer, etc.), beneficial
OK, all right, fine, no problem

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Atamadaka

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Example sentences

引っ越し先の部屋は、日当たりが良い。

ひっこしさきのへやは、ひあたりがよい。

The room at the new place has good sunlight.

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テントを張る場所は、なるべく平らで水はけの良いところを選びましょう。

てんとをはるばしょは、なるべくたいらでみずはけのよいところをえらびましょう。

For the place to pitch the tent, let's choose a spot that is as flat as possible and has good drainage.

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Kanji in this word

良Good, Pleasing, Skilled 音りょう訓よ.い・-よ.い JLPT N3 · 7 strokes

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Conjugation

Negative (ない形)	良くないよくない
Past (た形)	良かったよかった
Past negative (なかった)	良くなかったよくなかった
Te-form (て形)	良くてよくて
Adverb (副詞形)	良くよく
Before a noun (連体形)	良いよい
Ba-conditional (条件形)	良ければよければ
Tara-conditional (たら形)	良かったらよかったら
Become ~ (~なる)	良くなるよくなる
Too ~ (~すぎる)	良すぎるよすぎる

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Words that share a kanji

良しよしall right!不良ふりょうbadness, delinquent, failure 善良ぜんりょうgoodness, excellence, virtue 良いよいgood, nice 良好りょうこうfavorable, satisfactory 良識りょうしきgood sense

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What does 良い mean?

Good, excellent, fine, nice, pleasant, agreeable. It can also mean: sufficient, enough, ready, prepared; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.), beneficial; OK, all right, fine, no problem.

How do you pronounce 良い?

よい (yoi). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.

What JLPT level is 良い?

JLPT N1 — advanced. See the JLPT N1 guide.

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