JLPT N4 · い-adjective

嬉しい (ureshii)

嬉しい (うれしい, ureshii) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “happy; glad”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: うれしい
Romaji: ureshii
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

happy; glad; pleased; delighted; overjoyed · い-adjective
joyful; delightful; gratifying; pleasant · い-adjective

Example sentences

あなたに再会できてうれしい。

I am pleased to see you again.

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

Conjugation of 嬉しい

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	嬉しい	うれしい ureshii
Negative	嬉しくない	うれしくない ureshikunai
Past	嬉しかった	うれしかった ureshikatta
Negative past	嬉しくなかった	うれしくなかった ureshikunakatta
Te-form	嬉しくて	うれしくて ureshikute
Adverb (~ku)	嬉しく	うれしく ureshiku
Conditional (~ba)	嬉しければ	うれしければ ureshikereba

Kanji in 嬉しい

嬉

glad, pleased, rejoiceキ・うれ.しい・たの.しむ · 15 strokes

Source: JMdict entry 1219510 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.