Kanji良
Readingりょう
Frequency4%
Used in (161 in total)
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B
improvement; reform
good (person, nature, etc.); good-natured; virtuous; honest
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
the best; ideal
health problem; poor physical health; bad shape; feeling unwell
good quality; fine quality; superior quality; high quality
superior; excellent; fine
good family; respectable family; decent family
inferior goods; defective product; defective goods
conscientious; reasonable (e.g. price); honest; honorable
good match; suitable candidate (for marriage); good opportunity to be saved by Buddha
public order and morals; social standards; public policy
indigestion; dyspepsia; inability to understand; lacking comprehension; half-baked knowledge
improved version; variant (of a pathogen)
fine piece (e.g. of art); good work
bad girl; juvenile delinquent
to improve upon; to make improvements to; to refine
good plan or policy
bad debt; nonperforming loan
bad behavior; misbehavior
improved version; revised edition; refinement
good idea; good plan
fine article; good-quality item; quality product
(coming through) loud and clear
good wife and wise mother
good citizens; law-abiding people
point(s) for improvement
faulty maintenance; poor maintenance; inadequate maintenance
good medicine
to have a guilty conscience; to have (something) lie heavy on one's conscience
gentle; amiable
fertile rice paddy
soil amelioration; soil improvement
malnutrition; malnourishment
bad inventory; deadstock; dead stock
member of parliament; the elite
good harbor (harbour); fine harbor
husband; good person
gang of hoodlums (hooligans); bad company; companion in gang activities
loyalty and goodness
good book; valuable work
underdevelopment; poor development; maldevelopment; decreased growth; failure to thrive
degradation; downfall
the most helpful advice may be difficult to listen to; (lit.) good medicine tastes bitter
good or bad
delinquency; misdeed; misconduct; delinquent behavior
improvement; amelioration
pure and good; unmixed and of high quality; good-natured; genuine; wholesome
good; favourable; favorable; successful
good seed or breed
the most helpful advice may be difficult to listen to; (lit.) good medicine tastes bitter
good teacher
very best quality; superior quality
store holding a special commendation (e.g. from the mayor)
for a good while
respectable catch; good-sized fish
blood circulation failure
superior; excellent; fine; choice
good wood; good timber; good lumber; good tree
improved strain; improved breed
good and obedient; gentle; meek
blue-chip stock; gilt-edged stock
moonlit night
good material; good timber; able persons
good official
simple and kind; innocent
benign tumor; benign tumour
old sinner; elderly man-about-town; older person who enjoys free and easy lifestyle unfettered by social taboos
nonperforming asset; bad assets; toxic assets
delinquent foreigner; foreign hoodlum
when there is a legal tender currency, bad money drives out good money (Gresham's Law)
good doctor
unscrupulous; dishonest; irresponsibly done (work, etc.)
prize for excellence; prize of excellence
improvement work (construction); betterment
good conductor (of heat, etc.)
natural ability
skilled artisan
wise and virtuous; good and able men
House of Good Sense (nickname of the House of Councillors)
excellent driver; model driver; driver license holder who has not been involved in an accident for the past 5 years; receives preferential treatment when renewing their license
cordial, obedient, respectful, modest, and moderate
lucky (auspicious) day
accident-free driver; person who has made an excellent achievement; high-achiever
insulator; nonconductor; poor conductor
one's innate intelligence and ability
thoroughbred horse
ground reinforcement; soil stabilization; foundation improvement
good wine; good drink
type of Japanese calligraphy paper
magnetic strip malfunction (e.g. in a credit card)
malfunction; defective operation; operational failure
used item in good condition
good track; firm track; fast track
excellent driver; model driver; driver license holder who has not been involved in an accident for the past 5 years; receives preferential treatment when renewing their license
competent local official
benign migratory glossitis; geographic tongue
defective pixel (on an LCD display)
getting mixed up with the wrong people; getting into bad company
loose connection; bad contact
trouble-shooting; fault analysis
sensible; of sound character; right-minded
reform of the Japanese script
long-life quality housing; long-term quality housing; non-temporary housing built for multigenerational use (meeting criteria such as durability, earthquake resistance, energy efficiency, etc.)
good quality paper
top-ranking company; company in good standing; blue-chip firm
good medicine
ryodoraku; electro-acupuncture system invented by Yoshio Nakatani
government-subsidized high-quality rental apartment
Enhanced Fujita scale (of tornado intensity); EF-scale
exceptionally healthy child; prize-winning child in a health contest; picture of health
a wise retainer chooses a great lord to serve; (lit.) a wise bird chooses a good tree in which to roost
When the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off