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欣欣然 (kinkinzen) Japanese meaning: joyful | Kotomora
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然ぜん
と
笑え
み
を
浮う
かべ
た
。
He received the certificate with a delighted expression.
Kanji 欣 take pleasure in, rejoice 然 sort of thing, so, if so Related words 嬉うれ しい Common everyday word for 'happy/glad'; 欣欣然 is a much rarer, literary expression.
喜よろこ ばしい Formal adjective for 'joyful/auspicious'; 欣欣然 is more archaic and descriptive of a person's demeanor.
Written forms 欣きん 欣きん 然ぜん
Literary kanji spelling using 欣 (joy) reduplicated with 然; very rare in modern writing.
欣きん 々きん 然ぜん
Variant with iteration mark 々; equally rare and literary.
Etymology Derived from reduplication of 欣 (joy) with the suffix 然 (indicating state), forming a classical Chinese-style expression meaning 'joyfully'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain; it is a literary borrowing.
