YOU SAID:
john is my very good friend
INTO JAPANESE
ジョンは私のとても良い友人です
BACK INTO ENGLISH
John is a very good friend of mine.
INTO JAPANESE
ジョンは私の親しい友人です。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
John is a good friend of mine.
INTO JAPANESE
ジョンは私の親しい友人です。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
John is a good friend of mine.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.