Japanese

<p>
	To give advice to someone we can use the expression <strong><ruby>方hou</ruby>がいいです</strong>,
	meaning <strong>had better</strong> or <strong>should do</strong>.
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<p>
	<strong><ruby>方hou</ruby>がいいです</strong> is used at the end of the sentence,
	and it follows different tenses depending on whether the advice is in the affirmative or negative,
	i.e. <strong>had better</strong> or <strong>had better not</strong>.
</p>

<p>
	When giving advice in the affirmative, <strong><ruby>方hou</ruby>がいい</strong> follows a verb in the plain past tense.
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<p>
	For advice in the negative, use the verb in the plain present tense.
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<p>
	<strong><ruby>方hou</ruby>がいいです</strong> can also be written in hiragana rather than kanji as <strong>ほうがいいです</strong>,
	and in informal situations you can omit the final <strong>です</strong>.
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Giving advice: 方がいいです

hiragana character

kanji

adnominal

adverb

auxiliary

conjunction

compound

i-adjective

interjection

noun

na-adjective

numeral

particle

case particle

conjunctive particle

discourse particle

prefix

pronoun

suffix

verb

sentence

hiragana writing

kanji writing

kanji component

reading vocabulary

katakana writing

katakana character

godan - group 1

itidan - group 2

group 3

transitive

intransitive

proper noun

discourse

phrase

expression

ame desu. ikanai hou ga ii desu.

Breakdown of ame desu. ikanai hou ga ii desu.