Meaning of 嬉し泣き(うれしなき) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 嬉し泣き, うれし泣き, 嬉泣き, 嬉泣

Kana Reading うれしなき

Romaji ureshinaki

Examples of 嬉し泣き, うれし泣き, 嬉泣き, 嬉泣, うれしなき in a sentence

彼女は飛行機墜落事故で息子が一命をとりとめたことを聞いてうれし泣きした。

She cried for joy when she heard that her son had survived the plane crash.
彼女はうれし泣きした。

She cried for joy.
彼はうれし泣きした。

He cried for joy.
彼の成功を告げられて、私はうれし泣きしそうになった。

Told about his success, I almost cried for joy.

嬉 JLPT 1

15 strokes

glad, pleased, rejoice

On'Yomi: キ

Kun'Yomi: うれ.しい, たの.しむ

泣 JLPT 2

8 strokes

cry, weep, moan

On'Yomi: キュウ

Kun'Yomi: な.く

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