めでたい
N2 medetai
- happy
- simple soul
- propitious
- joyous
い-adjective
Also written 愛でたい
Chinese meanings
可喜;天真
Examples
- あいつは本当におめでたい人間だ。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たり彼は祝辞を述べた。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"
}
}