I Love Kanjiめでたい (medetai)
めでたい is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “happy; auspicious”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- めでたい
- Romaji
- medetai
- Word class
- い-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- happy; auspicious; propitious; joyous · い-adjective · usually written in kana
- naive · い-adjective
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of めでたい
い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present | めでたい | めでたい medetai |
| Negative | めでたくない | めでたくない medetakunai |
| Past | めでたかった | めでたかった medetakatta |
| Negative past | めでたくなかった | めでたくなかった medetakunakatta |
| Te-form | めでたくて | めでたくて medetakute |
| Adverb (~ku) | めでたく | めでたく medetaku |
| Conditional (~ba) | めでたければ | めでたければ medetakereba |
Source: JMdict entry 1608630 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.