賑にぎやか

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Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

na-adjective

bustling; lively; crowded

Describes a place or scene full of people and activity, often with a positive sense of energy and prosperity.

週しゅう末まつの商しょう店てん街がいはとても賑にぎやかだ。
The shopping street is very bustling on weekends.
賑にぎやかな市いち場ばで買かい物ものを楽たのしんだ。
I enjoyed shopping at the lively market.

na-adjective

lively; cheerful; noisy

Describes voices, parties, or atmospheres that are animated and full of cheerful noise; can be neutral or slightly negative if the noise is excessive.

隣となりの部屋へやから賑にぎやかな笑わらい声ごえが聞きこえる。
I can hear lively laughter from the next room.
子こ供どもたちが賑にぎやかに遊あそんでいる。
The children are playing noisily and cheerfully.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉が賑にぎやかだa place is lively/bustling
この商しょう店てん街がいはいつも賑にぎやかだ。
This shopping street is always bustling.
賑にぎやかな声こえで〈動どう詞し〉to do something with cheerful, noisy voices
子こ供どもたちが賑にぎやかな声こえで笑わらっている。
The children are laughing with cheerful, noisy voices.
〈場ば所しょ〉が賑にぎやかになるa place becomes lively/bustling
祭まつりの日ひには街まちが賑にぎやかになる。
The town becomes lively on festival days.
〈人ひと〉と賑にぎやかに過すごすto spend time cheerfully with someone
友とも達だちと賑にぎやかに過すごした。
We spent a lively, cheerful time with friends.
賑にぎやかな〈場ば所しょ〉a bustling place
賑にぎやかな商しょう店てん街がいを歩あるいた。
I walked through a bustling shopping street.

Kanji

賑flourish, be bustling, prosperity

Related words

活かっ気きN3sense 1
活気 is a noun (used as 活気がある) emphasizing dynamic energy or vigor, while 賑やか is an adjective describing overall bustle and crowdedness.
華はなやかN2sense 1
華やか highlights visual splendor and glamour, whereas 賑やか focuses on crowds, noise, and lively activity.
繁はん華か
賑やか is the common, everyday word for a lively or bustling atmosphere, while 繁華 is more formal and usually describes a commercially prosperous district.
陽よう気きN3
賑やか emphasizes lively noise and bustle in a place or gathering, whereas 陽気 focuses on a cheerful, merry mood or personality.
騒さわがしいN3
賑やか describes lively, cheerful bustle in a positive light, whereas 騒がしい can carry a more neutral or negative sense of excessive noise.

Opposites· 7

静しずかN5
静か means quiet or calm, the direct opposite of 賑やか's bustling, noisy sense.
寂さびしいN5sense 1
寂しい describes a place as lonely or deserted, contrasting with 賑やか's sense of a place full of lively activity.
ひっそりN2
賑やか describes a lively, bustling place full of people and noise, the opposite of the hushed stillness of ひっそり.

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しんとN3
賑やか describes a lively, bustling atmosphere full of noise, the opposite of the dead silence expressed by しんと.
寂せき然ぜん
賑やか describes a lively, bustling scene, the opposite of the quiet desolation expressed by 寂然.
厳おごそかN1
賑やか describes a lively, bustling, cheerful atmosphere, the opposite of the solemn, dignified mood conveyed by 厳か.
閑かん静せい
賑やか describes a lively, bustling place full of noise and activity, the opposite of the calm stillness described by 閑静.

Don't confuse with

賑にぎわうN1sense 1
賑わう is a verb meaning 'to thrive/bustle with people' (町が賑わう), while 賑やか is the na-adjective describing that lively state.
伸のびやかN1
Both 伸びやか and 賑やか end in the common adjective suffix やか, but 賑やか means lively or bustling while 伸びやか means relaxed and unconstrained.
和なごやかN1
賑やか describes a lively, bustling scene full of noise and activity, whereas 和やか describes a calm, friendly, harmonious mood, so learners should not swap them despite the shared やか ending.

Word family

賑にぎやかす
liven up; make lively; add excitement to
賑にぎやかさ
liveliness; bustle; cheerfulness
賑にぎやかし
livening-up; making something lively

Written forms

賑にぎやかUsage45%
Standard kanji spelling; the reading にぎやか is the only reading.
にぎやかUsage55%
ニギヤカUsage<1%

Etymology

Derived from the verb 賑わう (にぎわう, 'to be bustling'), with the adjectival suffix やか. The kanji 賑 suggests prosperity and liveliness.