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喜び (よろこび) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word JLPT N3 Freq. Frequency Top 5,000 Meanings 1
noun
joy ; delight ; pleasure ; rejoicing
General noun for the feeling or expression of being glad, pleased, or delighted. Common in phrases such as 喜びを感じる, 喜びに浸る, and 喜びを分かち合う.
優ゆう 勝しょう の 喜よろこ び を チーム 全ぜん 員いん で 分わ かち 合あ っ た 。
The whole team shared the joy of winning the championship.
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noun
congratulations ; felicitations
Only when written 喜び / 慶び
Formal formulaic use, especially as お喜び申し上げます or お慶び申し上げます, to offer congratulations or express gladness over someone else's good fortune. Everyday congratulations are usually おめでとうございます.
Written forms 喜よろこ び Usage 82%
Standard and common kanji spelling for the noun よろこび.
よろこび Usage 8%
歓よろこ び Usage 5%
rarely-used kanji form
It is a rarely used kanji form; it can suggest shared delight or rejoicing in careful writing.
悦よろこ び Usage 4%
rarely-used kanji form
It is a rarely used kanji form; it may give a literary or personal-pleasure nuance.
慶よろこ び Usage 1%
rarely-used kanji form
It is a rarely used kanji form; it is especially associated with formal congratulatory or auspicious contexts.
ヨロコビ Usage <1%
Kanji 喜 rejoice, take pleasure in Similar words 喜よろこ ぶ The verb meaning to be glad, be pleased, or rejoice; 喜び is the noun form referring to the joy itself.
嬉うれ しさ Also means gladness or happiness, but often emphasizes the personal feeling of being happy; 喜び can sound broader, more objective, or more elevated.
おめでとう The everyday congratulatory expression. お喜び申し上げます is much more formal and mostly used in speeches, letters, and ceremonial contexts.
Etymology A native Japanese noun related to the verb 喜ぶ (よろこぶ, 'to be glad; to rejoice'), formed as a nominal よろこび. The kanji spellings are semantic written forms; 喜び is the normal spelling, while 歓び, 慶び, and 悦び are rarer variants with context-dependent written nuance.
jubilation, congratulate, rejoice
