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好い

i-adjective, positive form (often replaced by 好きだ in modern Japanese)

1. good
2. likable
3. favorable
4. well

Etymology. From Old Japanese yoki (良い). The character 好 originally meant "to prefer" or "to like" and is used here as phonetic ateji for the adjective.

Dictionary entry by Claude.

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