I Love Kanjiいい (ii)
いい is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “good; excellent”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- いい
- Romaji
- ii
- Word class
- い-adjective (irregular: いい / よい)
- Level
- JLPT N5 (unofficial)
- Also written
- よい
Meaning
- good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant · い-adjective (irregular) · also written 良い, 好い and 善い
- sufficient; enough; ready; prepared · い-adjective (irregular)
- profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial · い-adjective (irregular)
- OK; all right; fine; no problem · い-adjective (irregular) · as て(も)いい, と(も)いい, etc.; indicates permission or compromise
Example sentences
「今日お父さんに会いに行く。進路相談だ」「いいですよ、そんなの」
"I'm going to see your father today, about career counselling." "You don't need to bother with that."
ある日、友人から「いい話があるから会わないか」と電話があり、友人の家へ出かけました。
One day I had a phone call from a friend. "There's a nice little earner, won't you come round?" so I went to his house.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of いい
い-adjective (irregular: いい / よい). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present | いい | いい ii |
| Negative | よくない | よくない yokunai |
| Past | よかった | よかった yokatta |
| Negative past | よくなかった | よくなかった yokunakatta |
| Te-form | よくて | よくて yokute |
| Adverb (~ku) | よく | よく yoku |
| Conditional (~ba) | よければ | よければ yokereba |
Source: JMdict entry 2820690 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.