Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
うれ
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of "嬉しい"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 嬉しく しく
れし
[ùréꜜshìkù]
[ùréshíꜜkù]
Terminal (終止形) 嬉しい れし [ùréshíꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) 嬉しい れし [ùréshíꜜì]
Key constructions
Informal negative 嬉しくない しくない
れしくない
[ùréꜜshìkùnàì]
[ùréshíꜜkùnàì]
Informal past 嬉しかった しかった
れしかった
[ùréꜜshìkàttà]
[ùréshíꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past 嬉しくなかった しくなかった
れしくなかった
[ùréꜜshìkùnàkàttà]
[ùréshíꜜkùnàkàttà]
Formal 嬉しいです れしいです [ùréshíꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive 嬉しくて しくて
れしくて
[ùréꜜshìkùtè]
[ùréshíꜜkùtè]
Conditional 嬉しければ しければ
れしければ
[ùréꜜshìkèrèbà]
[ùréshíꜜkèrèbà]

Adjective edit

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

  1. happy, glad

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 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