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うれしい

嬉しい

happy

ureshii

JLPT
N4
Frequency
#1,864

Meanings

  1. 1
    happy; glad; pleasedadj-i
  2. 2
    joyful; delightful; gratifyingadj-i

JMdict 1219510

In a sentence

うれしい嬉しいhappy

I'm happy!

How it works

This is a one-word sentence: the i-adjective 嬉しいうれしい (happy) can stand entirely on its own as “(I’m) happy!”. There’s no subject — “I” is understood from context — and no です (is), so it stays plain and casual, a spontaneous burst of feeling.

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