JLPT N3 · い-adjective

良い (yoi)

良い (よい, yoi) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “good; excellent”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: よい
Romaji: yoi
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant · い-adjective · also いい (all senses)
sufficient; enough; ready; prepared · い-adjective
profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial · い-adjective
OK; all right; fine; no problem · い-adjective · as て(も)良い, と(も)良い, etc.; indicates permission or compromise
easy to ... · suffix, い-adjective · after the -masu stem of a verb

Example sentences

私にはよい友達が数人いる。

I have several good friends.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 良い

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	良い	よい yoi
Negative	良くない	よくない yokunai
Past	良かった	よかった yokatta
Negative past	良くなかった	よくなかった yokunakatta
Te-form	良くて	よくて yokute
Adverb (~ku)	良く	よく yoku
Conditional (~ba)	良ければ	よければ yokereba

Kanji in 良い

良

good, pleasing, skilledリョウ・よ.い・-よ.い · 7 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 良い.

仲良しなかよしclose friendship改良かいりょうimprovement善良ぜんりょうgood (person, nature, etc.)不良ふりょうbad良好りょうこうgood良識りょうしきgood sense良質りょうしつgood quality良心りょうしんconscience良しよしgood

Source: JMdict entry 1605820 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.