方がいい

Kana: ほうがいい

had better; best to

Example sentence

早く出発した方がいいです。

はやくしゅっぱつしたほうがいいです。

You'd better leave early.

What 方がいい means

方がいい (ほうがいい) is a Japanese word meaning “had better; best to”. It belongs to the Grammar & Phrases topic and appears at Level 2, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Japanese.

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