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喜 kanji
rejoice, take pleasure in
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
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On readings
キ
Kun readings
よろこぶよろこばす
Words with 喜
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —悲喜こもごもbittersweet; having mingled feelings of joy and sorrow; joy and sorrow alternating in one's heart
- —ドタバタ喜劇slapstick comedy
- —随喜の涙を流すto cry tears of joy; to weep for joy
- —スラップスティック喜劇slapstick comedy
- —喜々merry; joyful; gleeful
- —喜喜merry; joyful; gleeful
- —寿喜焼sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
- —喜佐古Umbonium costatum (species of sea snail)
- —喜遊曲divertimento; divertissement; cassation
- —肥後随喜dried giant elephant ear stem from Higo province (eaten or used as a sex aid)
- —家内喜多留lacquered sake barrel (often used at weddings and other celebratory events)
- —どたばた喜劇slapstick comedy
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