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. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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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