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

  • (Tokyo) れしなき [ùréshínákí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝɾe̞ɕina̠kʲi]

Noun

(うれ)() • (ureshinaki) 

  1. crying for happiness

Verb

(うれ)()する • (ureshinaki suru) suru (stem (うれ)() (ureshinaki shi), past (うれ)()した (ureshinaki shita))

  1. to cry for happiness

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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
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