おめでたい

i-adjective

auspicious; happy; worthy of celebration

Polite form of めでたい. Used for occasions, events, or outcomes that are joyful and call for congratulations.

See also: めでたい

• お二人ふたりの結けっ婚こんは本ほん当とうにおめでたいことですね。

  Your marriage is truly a happy occasion, isn't it?

• 新しん年ねん明あけましておめでたい気き持もちでいっぱいです。

  I'm filled with a celebratory feeling at the start of the new year.

i-adjective

naive; gullible; simple-minded

Often used sarcastically or affectionately to describe someone who is overly optimistic, trusting, or lacking in worldly wisdom. The polite prefix お adds a teasing or ironic tone.

• 彼かれは誰だれの言いうことも信しんじる、おめでたい人ひとだ。

  He's a naive person who believes anything anyone says.

• そんな話はなしを真まに受うけるなんて、おめでたいね。

  You're so gullible to take that story seriously.