Tanoshii Japanese

いっそのこと初めから家にいたほうがよかった。

With all that we might have been better off just to have stayed home.

彼女は役に立つと私は思ったのだが、実際はいない方がよかったのだ。

I thought she'd be useful, but as it is, we'd be better off without her.

彼らは黙っていたほうがよかったのに。

They had better have kept their mouths shut.

船で行く方がよかったのに。

You had better have gone by ship.

もっと一生懸命勉強した方がよかったのに。

You had better have studied harder.

もっと一生懸命勉強した方がよかったのに。

You should have studied harder.

そんなことは言わないほうがよかったのに。

It would have been better if you had left it unsaid.

アメリカにいたほうがよかったのに。

It would have been better if you had stayed in America.

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