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嬉うれし

うれし · ureshi

i-adjective 語幹

is the stem of 嬉い — happy, glad, pleased, delighted, overjoyed.

  • joyful, delightful, gratifying, pleasant
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How it’s built

嬉い 嬉

Stem (). The part that does not change. Adjectives and some words appear as a bare stem in compounds or exclamations.

嬉い is a i-adjective, so it follows that pattern.

Name that form

Three more forms of . Can you tell what each one is?

Every form of

Negative 嬉くないうれしくない
Past 嬉かったうれしかった
Past negative 嬉くなかったうれしくなかった
Te-form 嬉くてうれしくて
Adverb 嬉くうれしく
Before a noun 嬉いうれしい
Ba-conditional 嬉ければうれしければ
Tara-conditional 嬉かったらうれしかったら
Become ~ 嬉くなるうれしくなる
Too ~ 嬉すぎるうれしすぎる

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In real sentences

At the birthday party, she sang happily.

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If I pass the exam, I'll be happy.

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I was praised by the teacher, and I was happy.

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Other forms and spellings

嬉けれ嬉きゃ嬉けりゃ嬉かろ嬉かろう嬉かろふ嬉い嬉ゅう嬉く嬉かっ
stem of 嬉い