嬉し泣き

Japanese

Kanji in this term
嬉 泣
うれ
Jinmeiyō
な
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Etymology

嬉し (ureshi, “stem form of 嬉しい (“happy”)”) +‎ 泣き (naki, “crying”)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

嬉(うれ)し泣(な)き • (ureshinaki) 

  1. crying for happiness

Verb

嬉(うれ)し泣(な)きする • (ureshinaki suru) suru (stem 嬉(うれ)し泣(な)きし (ureshinaki shi), past 嬉(うれ)し泣(な)きした (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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