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Meaning of 好都合(こうつごう) in Japanese

Japanese word definition and usage

Reading and JLPT level 好都合

Kana Reading こうつごう

Romaji kōtsugō

Parts of speech

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

Meaning

convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience

Example Sentences

好都合, こうつごう used in context

万事(ばんじ)好都合(こうつごう)にいった(いく)。

Everything went smoothly.
天気(てんき)が暖かくて(あたたかい)我々(われわれ)のピクニックに好都合(こうつごう)だった(だ)。

Warm weather favored our picnic.
今(いま)出発(しゅっぱつ)するのが好都合(こうつごう)です。

It is convenient for us to start now.
関税(かんぜい)を国(くに)ごとではなく(だ)ブロックでコントロールする方(かた)が好都合(こうつごう)であることを強調(きょうちょう)したい。

I would like to stress that it is more convenient to control tariffs as a bloc rather than country by country.
学生時代(がくせいじだい)に中国語(ちゅうごくご)を学んで(まなぶ)おいた(おく)のは好都合(こうつごう)だった(だ)。

It was an advantage having learned Chinese while I was in school.
円高(えんだか)は我が社(わがしゃ)にとって好都合(こうつごう)であった。

The strong yen was advantageous to our company.

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好 JLPT 4

fond, pleasing, like something

On: コウ

Kun: この.む, す.く, よ.い, い.い

6 strokes

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都 JLPT 4

metropolis, capital

On: ト, ツ

Kun: みやこ

11 strokes

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合 JLPT 4

fit, suit, join, 0.1

On: ゴウ, ガッ, カッ

Kun: あ.う, -あ.う, あ.い, あい-, -あ.い, -あい, あ.わす, あ.わせる, -あ.わせる

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都

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