Frequency rank: 22,387. – 22,527.
    expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.); adjective (keiyoushi) - yoi/ii class
  1. had better ...; may as well ...word usually written using kana alone
Forms
  • Frequency rank: 22,387. – 22,527.
  • するがいいするがよいFrequency rank: 33,463. – 33,794.
  • するがよいFrequency rank: 30,021. – 30,256.
Generated definitions (experimental)
  1. had better ...; may as well ...
  2. This expression is used to suggest that it is advisable to do something or that one might as well do it because there are no better alternatives. It often conveys a sense of urgency or necessity.
    You had better go now.
    You may as well eat that.
Generated collocations (experimental)
had better ...you may as well do thatyou had better goyou may as well eatyou had better do ityou may as well go see ityou had better enjoy ityou may as well think about ityou had better be carefulyou may as well say it