嬉しい

Japanese

Kanji in this term
嬉
うれ
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Japanese. First cited to the Man'yōshu of circa 759 CE.[1]

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 うれ​しく
うれし​く
[ùréꜜshìkù]
[ùréshíꜜkù]
Terminal (終止形) 嬉しい うれし​い [ùréshíꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) 嬉しい うれし​い [ùréshíꜜì]
Key constructions
Informal negative 嬉しくない うれ​しくない
うれし​くない
[ùréꜜshìkùnàì]
[ùréshíꜜkùnàì]
Informal past 嬉しかった うれ​しかった
うれし​かった
[ùréꜜshìkàttà]
[ùréshíꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past 嬉しくなかった うれ​しくなかった
うれし​くなかった
[ùréꜜshìkùnàkàttà]
[ùréshíꜜkùnàkàttà]
Formal 嬉しいです うれし​いです [ùréshíꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive 嬉しくて うれ​しくて
うれし​くて
[ùréꜜshìkùtè]
[ùréshíꜜkùtè]
Conditional 嬉しければ うれ​しければ
うれし​ければ
[ùréꜜshìkèrèbà]
[ùréshíꜜkèrèbà]

Adjective

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

  1. happy, glad

Inflection

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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