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Grammar detail: verb ば form + よかった

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verb ば form + よかった - should have done
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verb ば form
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よかった
means 'I wish I'd done', or 'I should have done'.
よかった is the past form of よい (good), so in English this construction would literally be translated as 'if I had done X, it would have been good'. Japanese does not have the pluperfect form (had done ~), and uses the simple past instead (did).
DETAILS
かのじょ
彼女
はそんな
こと
事
をしなければよかったのに。
She should not have done such a thing.
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See also:
  • ば conditional form - if

Kanji used in this grammar

彼
ヒ   かれ he   
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女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
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事
ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
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