頭が良い

Literally “having a good head”.

• (Tokyo) あたまが・いい [àtámáꜜ gà íꜜì] (Odaka + Atamadaka – [3]-[1])

• (Tokyo) あたまが・いい [àtáꜜmà gà íꜜì] (Nakadaka + Atamadaka – [2]-[1])

• (Tokyo) あたまが・よい [àtámáꜜ gà yóꜜì] (Odaka + Atamadaka – [3]-[1])

• (Tokyo) あたまが・よい [àtáꜜmà gà yóꜜì] (Nakadaka + Atamadaka – [2]-[1])

• IPA^(key): [a̠ta̠ma̠ ɡa̠ jo̞i]

• IPA^(key): [a̠ta̠ma̠ ɡa̠ iː]

頭(あたま)が良(い)い or 頭(あたま)が良(よ)い • (atama ga ii or atama ga yoi) 

1. (idiomatic) bright, intelligent, sharp

   Antonym: 頭が悪い (atama ga warui)

• This phrase has a syntactical subject 頭. Thus the semantic subject is usually indefinite or implied. Otherwise, the semantic subject can be introduced as an absolute topic with は/も, or as the possessor of the syntactical subject with の. Also, the subject marker が may be omitted, giving 頭良い, or when the phrase is used attributively, may be replaced by の, giving 頭の良い.

• 頭(あたま)の良(い)い (atama no ii)
• 頭良(あたまい)い (atama ii)