嬉しい — meaning in English
ureshii
Japanese → English · translate English → Japanese instead
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
- adj Visibly happy and full of good spirits.
- adj Bright and pleasant, describing a place or thing rather than a person.
Gay — full definition
- adj Homosexual; romantically or sexually attracted to people of the same sex.
- adj Happy, carefree, and full of fun (an older, still-used sense, especially in older writing).
- noun A homosexual person, especially a man.