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Showing approval of someone's answer to a question

VeritasKhan

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

I'd be interested in how much the answer might differ if it was a corporate superior questioning an employee (versus traditional teacher-student).
I think it's the most common to say nothing in office/school in those situations.
 
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