Word details
一喜一憂
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 一喜一憂.
Dictionary
Entry
1
alternating between happiness and anxiety; swinging between joy and sorrow; being glad and sad by turns; oscillating between optimism and pessimism
Examples
彼は試合の結果に一喜一憂している。
He is now glad, now sad at the progress of the game.
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
一
one, one radical (no.1)
1 strokesFrequency 2JLPT N4Grade 1
On
イチイツ
Kun
ひと-ひと.つ
Nanori
かずいいっいるかつかづてんはじめひひとつまこと
喜
rejoice, take pleasure in
12 strokesFrequency 769JLPT N2Grade 5
On
キ
Kun
よろこ.ぶよろこ.ばす
Nanori
あききゅのぶゆきよし
憂
melancholy, grieve, lament, be anxious, sad, unhappy
15 strokesFrequency 1,625JLPT N1Grade 8
On
ユウ
Kun
うれ.えるうれ.いう.いう.き
Nanori
ゆ
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