JLPT N2 · い-adjective

おめでたい (omedetai)

おめでたい is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “(matter) for congratulations; worthy of celebration”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists.

Reading: おめでたい
Romaji: omedetai
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

(matter) for congratulations; worthy of celebration; happy (occasion, ending, etc.); joyous; auspicious · い-adjective · usually written in kana, polite
naive; too good-natured; gullible; foolish; simple · い-adjective · usually written in kana

Example sentences

それ自体はおめでたいことですが、１つ気になるコメントがありました。

This is a really good thing, but one comment keeps bothering me.

Tatoeba #76597

そんな話にだまされるなんて、よくよくおめでたいね。

You must be very naive to be taken in by such a story.

Tatoeba #204018

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of おめでたい

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	おめでたい	おめでたい omedetai
Negative	おめでたくない	おめでたくない omedetakunai
Past	おめでたかった	おめでたかった omedetakatta
Negative past	おめでたくなかった	おめでたくなかった omedetakunakatta
Te-form	おめでたくて	おめでたくて omedetakute
Adverb (~ku)	おめでたく	おめでたく omedetaku
Conditional (~ba)	おめでたければ	おめでたければ omedetakereba

Source: JMdict entry 1647360 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.