Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation 喜ばしい · i-adjective
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 喜よろこ ばしい 喜よろこ ばしくない Polite 喜よろこ ばしいです 喜よろこ ばしくないです also 喜よろこ ばしくありません Past polite 喜よろこ ばしかったです 喜よろこ ばしくなかったです also 喜よろこ ばしくありませんでした Past 喜よろこ ばしかった 喜よろこ ばしくなかった Te-form 喜よろこ ばしくて 喜よろこ ばしくなくて Adverbial 喜よろこ ばしく Conditional 喜よろこ ばしければ 喜よろこ ばしくなければ Tara conditional 喜よろこ ばしかったら 喜よろこ ばしくなかったら
Usage patterns 喜よろこ ばしいことに happily, ...; fortunately, ...
Happily, he made a full recovery from his illness.
〈 事こと 〉 は 喜よろこ ばしい 限かぎ りだ it is the height of good news that ...
It's wonderful news that the area has regained its vitality.
喜よろこ ばしい 〈 事こと 〉 welcome (news/result/development)
The increase in the number of people who passed this exam is welcome news.
Kanji 喜 rejoice, take pleasure in Related words 嬉しい expresses a personal feeling of happiness or gladness, while 喜ばしい describes an external situation or event that is pleasing or welcome.
めでたい highlights a festive, celebratory occasion (like a wedding or birth), while 喜ばしい is a more general, formal word for any welcome news or result.
好ましい means favorable or desirable in a neutral sense, whereas 喜ばしい specifically conveys that something brings joy or satisfaction.
喜ばしい is a more literary word for something gratifying or pleasing, while おめでたい specifically marks an event as festive and worth celebrating.
喜ばしい is a broader adjective meaning 'joyful' or 'delightful' for events or outcomes, while 耳寄り focuses narrowly on information that is pleasing to hear.
Opposites 残念 describes an external situation as regrettable or disappointing, the opposite of 喜ばしい , which describes a situation as joyful or welcome.
喜ばしい describes something joyous or gratifying, the opposite of the revulsion expressed by 忌まわしい .
喜ばしい describes something delightful and worthy of joy, the direct opposite of 嘆かわしい , which describes something deplorable and worthy of lament.
Written forms 喜よろこ ばしい Usage 88%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
よろこばしい Usage 7%
悦よろこ ばしい Usage 4%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 喜ばしい is strongly preferred.
Etymology Derived from the verb 喜ぶ (to rejoice) with the adjectival suffix しい , forming an adjective meaning 'causing joy' or 'joyful'.
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