良りょう好こう

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

Describes a state, condition, result, or relationship that is positive and without problems. Often used in formal, business, or medical contexts.

検けん査さの結けっ果かは良りょう好こうでした。
The test results were good.
両りょう国こくの関かん係けいは良りょう好こうだ。
Relations between the two countries are favorable.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉の経けい過かが良りょう好こうだthe progress of something is going well
手しゅ術じゅつ後ごの経けい過かは良りょう好こうです。
The recovery after the surgery is going well.
〈人ひと〉との関かん係けいが良りょう好こうだto have a good relationship with someone
彼かれとは関かん係けいが良りょう好こうだ。
My relationship with him is good.
健けん康こう状じょう態たいが良りょう好こうだto be in good health condition
検けん査さの結けっ果か、健けん康こう状じょう態たいは良りょう好こうでした。
According to the test results, his health condition was good.
視し界かいが良りょう好こうだto have good visibility
今日きょうは視し界かいが良りょう好こうで、遠とおくの山やままで見みえる。
Visibility is good today, and you can see the mountains far away.

Expressions

感かん度ど良りょう好こうloud and clear; receiving well

Kanji

良good, pleasing, skilled
好fond, pleasing, like something

Related words· 9

良よいN5
良い is the general, everyday word for 'good', while 良好 is a more formal term used in reports, medical notes, or official statements.
順じゅん調ちょうN3
順調 emphasizes that something is proceeding smoothly and on schedule, while 良好 simply describes a favorable state or condition without implying progress.
好こう調ちょうN1
好調 describes being in good form or performing well (e.g. sports, business), while 良好 is a more neutral, formal way to describe a satisfactory state or condition.
上じょう々じょう
上々 is a colloquial, enthusiastic way to say something is excellent, while 良好 is a neutral, formal descriptor commonly used in reports.

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良りょうN1
良好 is the everyday word for a favorable condition or state, while 良 (りょう) is a compact, label-like term used in formal evaluations.
芳かんばしい
良好 is a common, neutral word for 'favorable/good condition', while 芳しい is mostly used in its negative form 芳しくない to mean results or reputation are poor.
優ゆう良りょう
良好 is a neutral term for a satisfactory or good state (e.g., health, progress), whereas 優良 implies a stronger degree of excellence or superiority.
佳かN1
良好 is a common formal word meaning 'favorable' or 'in good condition', used in reports and results, while 佳 is a more archaic, literary term for beauty or excellence.
健けん全ぜんN1
良好 simply means 'in good condition' and is used for grades, results, or health checks, while 健全 implies a deeper, structural soundness rather than just a good state.

Opposites

不ふ良りょうN1
不良 describes a poor or defective condition, forming the direct formal opposite of 良好.
悪わるいN5
悪い is the everyday word for 'bad', serving as the casual counterpart to the formal antonym relationship with 良好.
劣れつ悪あく
良好 describes conditions or states as favorable and satisfactory, the direct opposite of 劣悪's markedly substandard sense.
芳かんばしくないN1
良好 means 'good, favorable' and is the formal opposite of 芳しくない, which means 'poor, unsatisfactory'.

Etymology

Sino-Japanese compound of 良 (good) and 好 (good, like). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination reinforces the meaning of 'good' or 'favorable'.