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[ほう()··()···]
hougayokatta
expression, i adjective

Alternate Written Forms:

[ほうが()···]
hougayokatta
[ほう()·····]
hougayokatta

Matched Conjugations:

Plain Past Indicative Form
[ほう()··()···]
hougayokatta

Root Words:

[ほう() + が + ()···]
hou + ga + yokatta

English Meaning(s) for 方が良かった

expression, i adjective
  1. had better ... (after past tense verb)
  2. had better not ... (after negative verb)
* Please note, you are viewing the Japanese readings in the plain past indicative form, while the english meanings are based on the dictionary form.

Meanings for each kanji in 方が良かった

» direction; person; alternative
» good; pleasing; skilled

Stroke Order Diagrams for 方が良かった

Conjugations for 方が良かった

Adjective stem
[ほう()··()]
hougayo
te-form
[ほう()··()··]
hougayokute
Negative te-form
[ほう()··()····]
hougayokunakute
Adverbial Form
[ほう()··()·]
hougayoku
Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
[ほう()··()·]
hougayoi
Present Indicative Negative Form
[ほう()··()···]
hougayokunai
Past Indicative Form
[ほう()··()···]
hougayokatta
Past Indicative Negative Form
[ほう()··()·····]
hougayokunakatta
Provisional Form
Present Indicative Form
[ほう()··()···]
hougayokereba
Present Indicative Negative Form
[ほう()··()·····]
hougayokunakereba
Present Indicative Negative Colloquial Form
[ほう()··()····]
hougayokunakya
Conditional Form
Present Indicative Form
[ほう()··()····]
hougayokattara
Present Indicative Negative Form
[ほう()··()······]
hougayokunakattara
Nominalized Form
Objective Form
[ほう()··()·]
hougayosa

Sample Sentences for 方が良かった

With all that we might have been better off just to have stayed home.
It would have been better if you had left it unsaid.
It would have been better if you had stayed in America.
I was a better alto but was selected as a mezzo-soprano.
They had better have kept their mouths shut.

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