嬉しい

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
うれ
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Japanese. First cited to the Man'yōshu of circa 759 CE.

A surface analysis suggests that this might be derived from 熟れる (ureru, to ripen, mature) + しい (shii, adjective forming suffix). However, it is unclear how the sense of "feeling mature" would match the sense of "glad".

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of "嬉しい"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 嬉しく しく
れし

Terminal (終止形) 嬉しい れし
Attributive (連体形) 嬉しい れし
Key constructions
Informal negative 嬉しくない しくない
れしくない

Informal past 嬉しかった しかった
れしかった

Informal negative past 嬉しくなかった しくなかった
れしくなかった

Formal 嬉しいです れしいです
Conjunctive 嬉しくて しくて
れしくて

Conditional 嬉しければ しければ
れしければ

Adjective

(うれ)しい (ureshii-i (adverbial (うれ)しく (ureshiku))

  1. happy, glad

Inflection

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See also

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN