Word Meaning 一喜一憂
いっきいちゆう
ikkiichiyuu
一喜一憂 is read as いっきいちゆう (ikkiichiyuu) and means alternating between happiness and anxiety.
Meaning
English
- alternating between happiness and anxiety
- swinging between joy and sorrow
- being glad and sad by turns
- oscillating between optimism and pessimism
Reading
Kana
いっきいちゆう
Romaji
ikkiichiyuu
Stroke Sequence
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Related Vocabulary
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3結果に一喜一憂してはいけない。
けっかにいっきいちゆうしてはいけない。
Don't swing between joy and sorrow over the results.
彼は一喜一憂した。
He fluctuated between hope and despair.
表面的な物事に一喜一憂する人が人を管理する立場につくべきではない。
Somebody who wavers between hope and fear over superficial things should not be appointed to a management position.