good thing; nice thing
General expression for something beneficial, pleasant, or desirable. Often used in everyday conversation.
See also: いいこと
今日は良いことがあった。
Something good happened today.
運動は体に良いことだ。
Exercise is a good thing for your body.
good excuse; good opportunity
Used in the pattern 〜を良いことに(して) meaning 'taking advantage of ~' or 'using ~ as a good excuse'. Often implies exploiting a situation.
See also: いいこと
Listen!; You know what?; Guess what!
Interjection used to get attention or urge a response, often in casual female speech. Similar to 'hey, guess what' or 'you know what'.
See also: いいこと
良いこと、良いこと！聞いてよ。
Hey, guess what! Listen to this.
He took advantage of his vacation to go on an overseas trip.
親が留守なのを良いことに、友達を呼んでパーティーをした。
Taking advantage of his parents being away, he invited friends over and had a party.
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling.
Kanji spelling for こと; slightly more formal or literary.
Rare variant using 好い for よい.
Rare variant combining 好い and 事.
Phrase composed of 良い (good) and こと (thing, matter). The interjection sense likely developed from the idea of presenting something as a 'good thing' to share.