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Meaning of 一喜一憂 in Japanese
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一喜一憂
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Kana Readingいっきいちゆう
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Romajiikkiichiyū
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
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- Meaning
- now rejoicing, now worrying; swinging from joy to sorrow; glad and sad by turns; alternating hope and fear; unable to put one's mind at ease
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Examples of 一喜一憂, いっきいちゆう in a sentence
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My father's condition seems to improve one moment, but the next moment he sinks again.
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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.
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He is now glad, now sad at the progress of the game.
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I can't keep this up. It's an emotional roller coaster around here and all we have to do is look at the boss' face to know whether everybody is going to be happy or sad.
Related Kanji
憂
JLPT 1
15 strokes
melancholy, grieve, lament, be anxious, sad, unhappy
On'Yomi: ユウ
Kun'Yomi: うれ.える, うれ.い, う.い, う.き