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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

めでたい

N2
medetai
  1. happy
  2. simple soul
  3. propitious
  4. joyous
い-adjective

Also written 愛でたい

Chinese meanings

可喜;天真

Examples

  • あいつは本ほん当とうにおめでたい人にん間げんだ。
    He is really a perfect idiot.
    那家伙真是个天真的人。
  • そのめでたいときに当あたり彼かれは祝しゅく辞じを述のべた。
    He offered his congratulations on the happy occasion.
    他在那个喜庆的时刻致了贺词。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('561a981d4b'); // めでたい
{
  "id": "561a981d4b",
  "word": "めでたい",
  "reading": "めでたい",
  "romaji": "medetai",
  "meanings": [
    "happy",
    "simple soul",
    "propitious",
    "joyous"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "adj-i"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1608630,
  "other_forms": [
    "愛でたい"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "あいつは本当におめでたい人間だ。",
      "furigana": "あいつは{本当|ほんとう}におめでたい{人間|にんげん}だ。",
      "en": "He is really a perfect idiot.",
      "tatoeba_id": 234603
    },
    {
      "ja": "そのめでたいときに当たり彼は祝辞を述べた。",
      "furigana": "そのめでたいときに{当|あ}たり{彼|かれ}は{祝辞|しゅくじ}を{述|の}べた。",
      "en": "He offered his congratulations on the happy occasion.",
      "tatoeba_id": 212565
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "48d0667bff8431d51ccda172bbda8a1a961cb47164673be4635bfbe293720cab",
    "meanings": [
      "可喜",
      "天真"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "あいつは本当におめでたい人間だ。",
        "zh": "那家伙真是个天真的人。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "そのめでたいときに当たり彼は祝辞を述べた。",
        "zh": "他在那个喜庆的时刻致了贺词。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/561a981d4b",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1608630; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "9b9a4991e60bbe0b51216d5bc67bcf65a806ac03d67d8a6165717f0982385009"
  }
}