嬉し泣き

Japanese

Kanji in this term
うれ
Jinmeiyō

Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Etymology

嬉し (ureshi, stem form of 嬉しい (happy)) + 泣き (naki, crying)

Pronunciation

Noun

嬉し泣き (hiragana うれしなき, rōmaji ureshinaki)

  1. crying for happiness

Verb

嬉し泣きする (hiragana うれしなきする, rōmaji ureshinaki suru)

  1. to cry for happiness

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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