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4 words matching 'よい' found
よい is an exact match with one form of the following word:
良い
BOOST
Reading : よい   
1. good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable  (also いい (all senses); often written with kana only)
2. sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared
3. profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
4. OK
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 1 (among the 500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 170,751 which gives a rank of 409
良い is the most useful form. 6 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 70% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 1,000 (about 686,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 555 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 937
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 8 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
あか
ギター
おと
かった

The red guitar sounded good.
これもらっておいて
です
Can I keep this?
しゅう
こうはん
後半
てんき
天気
かった

The latter half of the week was fine.
よい
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 4,000 (about 244,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 8 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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善い
BOOST
Reading : よい   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 130,000 (about 807,000 results)
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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好い
BOOST
Reading : よい   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 89,000 (about 2,560,000 results)
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吉い
BOOST
Reading : よい   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 39,000 (about 13,700,000 results)
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宜い
BOOST
Reading : よい   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 146,000 (about 587,000 results)
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佳い
BOOST
Reading : よい   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 208,000 (about 197,000 results)
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よい is an exact match with one form of the following word:
よい
BOOST
noun
1. drunkenness; intoxication  (see also: 酔う:よう)
2. motion sickness; travel sickness  (see also: 酔う:よう)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 87,417 which gives a rank of 7,914
よい is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 4,000 (about 235,000,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 17 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
Example sentences:
もくてき
目的
さえよければどんな
しゅだん
手段
とってよいわけない
The end does not always justify the means.
なるほど
かれ
よい
ひと
あまり
あたま
よくない
He is a nice person, to be sure, but not very clever.
のう
ある
しげきぶつ
刺激物
おか
される
ことある
Intoxication is what happens when the brain is affected by certain stimulants.
酔い
BOOST
Readings : よい    えい   
酔い can be read in 2 ways: よい (70%), えい (30%).
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 46,000 (about 10,900,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 17 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
よい is the reading of the following word:
BOOST
Reading : よい   
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
evening; early night hours
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 80,770 which gives a rank of 9,728
• Google Japan frequency rank: 22,000 (about 28,900,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 27 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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No examples found for any form of this word.
よい is the reading of the following word:
余意
BOOST
Reading : よい   
noun
implied meaning
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 10 (among the 100,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 28,086 which gives a rank of 86,058
• Google Japan frequency rank: 144,000 (about 606,000 results)
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リョウ   よ good   
ゼン   virtuous   よ virtous, good   
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ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
grass   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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コウ   この    す to like   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
シ   ス   こ child   
キツ   キチ    good luck   
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シ   samurai
ギ    best regards   
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and another, moreover   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
roof   
カ    beautiful, good   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ケイ    jewel; corner   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
スイ   drunk   よ to be drunk, feel sick   
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nine out of ten
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ク   キュウ   ここの nine   
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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stick   
sake flask   とり sign of the bird   
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西
セイ   サイ   にし west   
ショウ   よい early evening   
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ショウ    resemble   
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small
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
ヨ   surplus; left over; extra   あま to leave over   あま to be left over   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ウ    from   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
hook
katakana 'ha'; eight
イ    idea   
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オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
シン   こころ heart   
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