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良い 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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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 89,000 (about 2,560,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
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吉い
BOOST
Reading : よい   
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Usefulness and usage:
• 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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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   
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