性しょうが良よい

also: しょうがいい

Meanings

1

expression, i-adjective (yoi/ii class)

good-natured; kind

Describes a person's inherent disposition as gentle, amiable, and easy to get along with.

彼かれは性しょうが良よいから、誰だれとでもすぐ仲なか良よくなれる。
He is good-natured, so he quickly becomes friends with anyone.

2

expression, i-adjective (yoi/ii class)

good-quality

Used for objects or materials that are of high quality or well-made; less common than sense 1.

この店みせの商しょう品ひんはどれも性しょうが良よい。
All the products in this shop are of good quality.

Written forms

性が良い
- しょうがよい
  Standard kanji spelling using 良い; the reading しょうがよい is the most formal.
- しょうがいい
性しょうがいい
Common colloquial spelling using いい; the reading しょうがいい is more casual.
性しょうがよい
Alternative spelling with よい; less common than 良い but still used.
しょうがいい

Kanji

性sex, gender, nature
良good, pleasing, skilled

Similar words

気き立だてが良よい
気立てが良い also means good-natured but focuses more on one's temperament or disposition, while 性が良い emphasizes innate character.
質しつが良いい
質が良い is the more common way to say 'good quality' for objects; 性が良い in this sense is rarer and somewhat literary.

Etymology

Compound of 性 (しょう, 'nature, character') + が (subject marker) + 良い/いい (よい/いい, 'good'). The reading しょう for 性 is a relatively uncommon on'yomi used in fixed expressions.