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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	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

kaze wo hiita ndesu ka. kusuri wo nonda hou ga ii desu.

Breakdown of kaze wo hiita ndesu ka. kusuri wo nonda hou ga ii desu.