How to Say ‘That's good.’ in Japanese
よかったです。
yokatsu ta desu
[yokat ta dess]
💬 Usage Tip: Adding [です] makes [よかった] more polite. Great for responding kindly to someone else's situation.
🇯🇵 In Japan: This is a nice, supportive reaction in everyday conversation. Short, polite, and friendly.
Phrase Breakdown
よかった
yokatsu ta
was good; I'm glad
The past form of いい, used to express relief or happiness that something turned out well.
それはよかった。
That's good / I'm glad to hear that.
Words in this phrase
よかっ
yokatsu
[yokat]
was good
Past casual form stem of よい/いい, used in polite past expressions like よかったです.
きょうはてんきがよかっ。
The weather was good today.
た
ta
[ta]
past tense ending
The ending that marks past tense in adjectives and verbs here.
それはおもしろかった。
That was interesting.
です
desu
[dess]
is / was (polite)
Polite copula used to make the sentence formal and polite.
これはほんです。
This is a book.
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