Showing approval of someone's answer to a question

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Context: A teacher is quizzing a student. What sorts of words or phrases might they use to show their approval of an answer?

Example #1
Teacher: Do you understand?
Student: I understand.
Teacher: Good. <-- (What might this be in Japanese?)

Example #2
Teacher: Please pronounce the word "wakarimasu"
Student: (says the word)
Teacher: Good. <-- (What might this be in Japanese?)

Specifically, I'm wondering if all or just a few of the below words would work or if any of them would not make sense for the situation.

よかった - yokatta
いい - ii
上出来 - jyou deki
良くやった - yoku yatta
良くできました - yoku dekimashita
良くやったね - yoku yattane

Thanks so much!

 

Toritoribe

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What kind of school are you referring to? In other words, what age is the student? Are they a child or an adult?

 

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The student would be an adult. I didn't have a particular type of school in mind.

I'd be interested in how much the answer might differ if it was a corporate superior questioning an employee (versus traditional teacher-student).

Thanks!

 

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I would say はい, いいですね or はい、いいですね for the former case, and いいですね or はい、いいですね for the latter one.

VeritasKhan said:

I'd be interested in how much the answer might differ if it was a corporate superior questioning an employee (versus traditional teacher-student).

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I think it's the most common to say nothing in office/school in those situations.

 

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Thanks!