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良好 (ryoukou) conjugation

JLPT N1 na-adjective (形容動詞)

favorable, satisfactory

良好 (りょうこう, ryoukou) is a na-adjective. Na-adjectives behave like nouns. The word itself never changes — you conjugate だ/です after it, and you need な to put it in front of a noun.

Conjugation table

FormPlain (casual)Polite (~です)When you use it
Dictionary / plain
ryoukouda

ryoukoudesu
The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”.
Negative
ryoukoujanai

ryoukoujanaidesu
“is not ~”.
Past
ryoukoudatta

ryoukoudeshita
“was ~”.
Past negative
ryoukoujanakatta

ryoukoujanakattadesu
“was not ~”.
Te-form
ryoukoude
Links to the next clause: “~ and …”.
Adverb
ryoukouni
Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb.
Before a noun
ryoukouna〜
How it attaches when it modifies a noun.
Conditional (~ば/なら)
ryoukounara
“if it is ~”.
Conditional (~たら)
ryoukoudattara
“if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional.
Become (~なる)
ryoukouninaru

ryoukouninarimasu
“becomes ~” — the change-of-state form.
Too much (~すぎる)
ryoukousugiru

ryoukousugimasu
“too ~”.
Looks ~ (~そう)
ryoukousou

ryoukousoudesu
“looks / seems ~” from appearance.

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Why it conjugates this way

Na-adjectives behave like nouns. The word itself never changes — you conjugate だ/です after it, and you need な to put it in front of a noun. See the full rules in the adjective conjugation guide.

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