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嬉しい — meaning in English

ureshii

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English meaning

  • cheerful adj Visibly happy and full of good spirits.
  • Gay adj Homosexual; romantically or sexually attracted to people of the same sex.
  • glad adj Pleased or happy about something.
  • happy adj Feeling or showing pleasure or contentment.
  • joyful adj Full of joy; feeling or causing great happiness.
  • pleased adj Happy or satisfied about something.
  • proud adj Feeling pleased and satisfied about something one has done or achieved.
  • rejoice verb To feel or show great joy or delight.

Senses

嬉しい is used for these senses in English:

  • cheerful Noticeably happy and optimistic.
  • gay (dated) Happy, joyful, and lively.
  • glad Pleased; happy; gratified.
  • happy Having a feeling arising from a consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, such as comfort, peace, or tranquillity; blissful, contented, joyous.
  • joyful Feeling or causing joy.
  • pleased Happy, content
  • proud Possessed of a due sense of what one deserves or is worth.
  • proud Generating a sense of pride; being a cause for pride.

cheerful — full definition

  1. adj Visibly happy and full of good spirits.
  2. adj Bright and pleasant, describing a place or thing rather than a person.

Gay — full definition

  1. adj Homosexual; romantically or sexually attracted to people of the same sex.
  2. adj Happy, carefree, and full of fun (an older, still-used sense, especially in older writing).
  3. noun A homosexual person, especially a man.

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