歓かん喜き

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歓喜する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	歓かん喜きする	歓かん喜きしない
Polite	歓かん喜きします	歓かん喜きしません
Past polite	歓かん喜きしました	歓かん喜きしませんでした
Past	歓かん喜きした	歓かん喜きしなかった
Te-form	歓かん喜きして	歓かん喜きしないで
Desire	歓かん喜きしたい	歓かん喜きしたくない
Potential	歓かん喜きできる	歓かん喜きできない
Passive	歓かん喜きされる	歓かん喜きされない
Causative	歓かん喜きさせる	歓かん喜きさせない
Causative passive	歓かん喜きさせられる	歓かん喜きさせられない
Volitional	歓かん喜きしよう
Polite volitional	歓かん喜きしましょう
Imperative	歓かん喜きしろ	歓かん喜きするな
Conditional	歓かん喜きすれば	歓かん喜きしなければ
Tara conditional	歓かん喜きしたら	歓かん喜きしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

delight; great joy; exultation

A strong, often elevated word for deep joy or rejoicing. Used in both literary and news contexts, and can describe personal or collective elation.

優ゆう勝しょうの知しらせに、選せん手しゅたちは歓かん喜きに沸わいた。
At the news of victory, the players erupted in delight.
彼かの女じょの顔かおには歓かん喜きの表ひょう情じょうが浮うかんでいた。
An expression of great joy appeared on her face.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉が歓かん喜きに沸わくfor a place/crowd to erupt in joy
優ゆう勝しょうが決きまった瞬しゅん間かん、スタジアムは歓かん喜きに沸わいた。
The moment the championship was decided, the stadium erupted in joy.
歓かん喜きの声こえをあげるto cry out in delight
合ごう格かく発はっ表ぴょうを見みて、彼かの女じょは歓かん喜きの声こえをあげた。
Seeing the pass results, she cried out in delight.
歓かん喜きに包つつまれるto be enveloped in a feeling of joy
ゴールが決きまると、会かい場じょう全ぜん体たいが歓かん喜きに包つつまれた。
When the goal was scored, the whole venue was swept up in joy.
歓かん喜きの涙なみだを流ながすto shed tears of joy
彼かれは夢ゆめが叶かない、歓かん喜きの涙なみだを流ながした。
His dream came true, and he shed tears of joy.

Kanji

歓delight, joy
喜rejoice, take pleasure in

Related words· 6

喜よろこびN3
喜び is the common, everyday word for joy or delight, while 歓喜 is a stronger, more literary or dramatic term for intense joy.
狂きょう喜き
狂喜 describes wild, almost uncontrollable joy, whereas 歓喜 is intense joy that need not involve loss of composure.
感かん激げきN3
感激 emphasizes being deeply moved or touched, often by someone's kindness, while 歓喜 emphasizes pure elation or exultation.
ジョイ
歓喜 is a more literary, intense word for great joy or elation, whereas ジョイ is a lighter, borrowed term often used decoratively rather than descriptively.

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至し福ふく
歓喜 emphasizes an outburst of joy or rapture, whereas 至福 focuses on a state of serene, supreme happiness.
大おお喜よろこびN1
歓喜 is a more literary, formal word for great joy often used in writing, while 大喜び is the everyday spoken equivalent.

Opposites

悲かなしみN3
悲しみ is deep sorrow or sadness, the emotional opposite of the great joy expressed by 歓喜.

Don't confuse with

換かん気きN2
歓喜 (かんき) means joy or delight, a completely different concept from 換気's meaning of air ventilation, but learners often confuse them because they share the same pronunciation.

Word family

歓かん喜き雀じゃく躍やく
jumping with joy; dancing for joy

Etymology

Compound of 歓 (rejoice, delight) and 喜 (joy, gladness). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of great joy.