Word details

嬉し泣き

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 嬉し泣き.

Dictionary

Entry

嬉し泣きうれし泣きれしなき嬉泣NounIntransitive~する VerbFreq #51528
1

weeping for joy; crying with happiness

Examples
彼女は飛行機墜落事故で息子が一命をとりとめたことを聞いてうれし泣きした。
She cried for joy when she heard that her son had survived the plane crash.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

glad, pleased, rejoice

15 strokesFrequency 2,274JLPT N1Grade 9

On

Kun

うれ.しいたの.しむ

Nanori

うらしうれし

cry, weep, moan

8 strokesFrequency 1,380JLPT N2Grade 4

On

キュウ

Kun

な.く

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