Word Meaning 大喜び

おおよろこび ooyorokobi

大喜び is read as おおよろこび (ooyorokobi) and means great joy.

Meaning

English

  1. great joy
  2. delight
  3. jubilation

Reading

Kana

おおよろこび

Romaji

ooyorokobi

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 5201 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

大四喜

たーすーしー

big four winds

大喜利

おおぎり

quiz-like (TV) comedy segment in which participants improvise one-liners based on a given theme

大雪

おおゆき

"major snow" solar term (approx. Dec. 7)

大船

おおぶね

large boat

大戦

たいせん

world war

大変

たいへん

major incident

大部分

だいぶぶん

most part

大多数

だいたすう

great majority

大好き

だいすき

liking very much

大声

おおごえ

loud voice

大部

たいぶ

lengthy (of a book, etc.)

大路

おおじ

most important of the three classes of highway (ritsuryō period)

Example Sentences

7

We were overjoyed.

He's tickled pink.

Tom was tickled pink.

We did it with the greatest pleasure.

He will be only too glad to help you.

She was very glad to find the purse she had given up for lost.

We were all pleased to be so cheaply quit of him.