Moto 喜: Rejoice; Take Pleasure InKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- キ
- Kun'yomi
- よろこ(ぶ)、よろこ(ばす)
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, grade 5
- Words
- 68 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (キ)
- 喜劇きげきcomedy; funny show
- 歓喜かんきdelight; great joy
- 一喜一憂いっきいちゆうnow rejoicing, now worrying; swinging from joy to sorrow
- 喜寿きじゅ77th birthday
- 喜怒哀楽きどあいらくhuman emotions (joy, anger, grief and pleasure)
- 喜望峰きぼうほうCape of Good Hope
- 悲喜ひきjoys and sorrows
- 悲喜劇ひきげきtragicomedy
- スラプスティック喜劇スラプスティックきげきslapstick
- ドタバタ喜劇ドタバタきげきslapstick comedy
- 喜の字きのじ77th birthday
- 喜劇映画きげきえいがcomic film
- 喜劇的きげきてきcomical; farcical
- 喜喜ききmerry; joyful
- 喜怒きどjoy and anger
- 喜悦きえつjoy
- 喜捨きしゃalmsgiving
- 喜歌劇きかげきcomic opera
- 喜知次きちじbroadbanded thornyhead (Sebastolobus macrochir); broadfin thornyhead
- 喜色きしょくglad countenance; joyful look
- 喜色満面きしょくまんめんbeing all smiles with joy
- 喜雨きうfriendly shower; welcome rain
- 團平喜佐古だんべいきさごUmbonium giganteum (species of sea snail)
- 大喜利おおぎりlarge cut (e.g. of meat)
- 天喜てんぎTengi era (1053.1.11-1058.8.29)
- 寛喜かんぎKangi era (1229.3.5-1232.4.2); Kanki era
- 延喜えんぎEngi era (901.7.15-923.4.11)
- 延喜式えんぎしきEngi-Shiki (set of ancient Japanese governmental regulations)
- 弥次喜多やじきたcomical pair; pair of buffoons
- 悲喜こもごもひきこもごもbittersweet; having mingled feelings of joy and sorrow
- 欣喜きんきpleasure
- 欣喜雀躍きんきじゃくやくjump up for joy
- 歓喜天かんぎてんNandikesvara (Ganesh in the Buddhist pantheon)
- 歓天喜地かんてんきちgreat joy; jubilation
- 狂喜きょうきwild joy; ecstasy
- 狂喜乱舞きょうきらんぶboisterous dance; dancing wildly
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 喜びよろこびjoy; delight
- 喜んでよろこんでwith pleasure ...
- 喜ばすよろこばすto delight; to give pleasure
- 喜ぶよろこぶto be delighted; to be glad
- 大喜びおおよろこびgreat joy
- 喜ばしいよろこばしいdelightful; joyous
- お喜び申しあげるおよろこびもうしあげるto express pleasure (on receiving news, etc.); to be glad to hear (something)
- お喜び申し上げるおよろこびもうしあげるto express pleasure (on receiving news, etc.); to be glad to hear (something)
- ぬか喜びぬかよろこびpremature joy; short-lived elation
- 喜びの声よろこびのこえshout of joy; cry of pleasure
- 喜び事よろこびごとauspicious event; celebration
- 喜び勇むよろこびいさむto be in high spirits
- 喜び歌うよろこびうたうto rejoice and sing
- 喜び泣きよろこびなきcrying for joy
- 大いに喜ぶおおいによろこぶto be highly pleased
- 甘言は偶人を喜ばすかんげんはぐうじんをよろこばすsweet words only please a fool; flattery works on puppets and fools
Other readings
- どたばた喜劇ドタバタきげきslapstick comedy
- 喜々ききmerry; joyful
- 大四喜タースーシーbig four winds; winning hand containing four kongs or pungs of winds
- 家内喜多留やなぎだるlacquered sake barrel (often used at weddings and other celebratory events)
- 寿喜焼すきやきsukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
- 小四喜シャオスーシーlittle four winds; winning hand consisting of three kongs or pungs of winds and a pair of the fourth wind
- 悲喜交々ひきこもごもbittersweet; having mingled feelings of joy and sorrow
- 悲喜交交ひきこもごもbittersweet; having mingled feelings of joy and sorrow
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