良よい天てん気き

also: いいてんき

Meanings

1

expression, noun

fine weather; fair weather

Describes pleasant, clear, or good weather conditions. Often used in everyday conversation.

今日きょうは本ほん当とうに良いい天てん気きですね。
It's really fine weather today, isn't it?
明日あしたもいい天てん気きが続つづくでしょう。
The fair weather will probably continue tomorrow.

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Kanji

良good, pleasing, skilled
天heavens, sky, imperial
気spirit, mind, air

Related words

晴せい天てんN1
晴天 is a more formal or written term for clear, fine weather, while 良い天気 is the everyday conversational phrase for good weather.
好こう天てん
好天 is a formal, often written term (common in news and reports) for favorable weather, whereas 良い天気 is the casual spoken equivalent.
快かい晴せいN3
快晴 specifically describes a perfectly clear, cloudless sky and is used in weather forecasts, while 良い天気 more broadly means pleasant weather in everyday speech.

Opposites

悪あく天てん候こう
悪天候 means bad or stormy weather, the direct opposite of the pleasant conditions described by 良い天気.

Built from

良よい+天てん気き

Written forms

良い天気
- よいてんき
  Standard kanji spelling; can also be read いいてんき.
- いいてんき
よい天てん気き
Kana spelling for 良い; common in everyday writing.
いい天てん気き
Colloquial kana spelling; the reading いいてんき is more casual.
いいてんき

Etymology

Compound of 良い (よい/いい, 'good') and 天気 (てんき, 'weather'). A straightforward adjective-noun phrase.