いっきいちゆう

一喜一憂

alternating between happiness and anxiety

nounFully kanji-known at WK L55JLPT N1 kanji

Meanings

alternating between happiness and anxiety; swinging between joy and sorrow; being glad and sad by turns

Kanji breakdown

KanjiMeaningWK levelJLPT
一OneL1N5
喜RejoiceL17N3
一OneL1N5
憂MelancholyL55N1

Related words (share lead kanji)

一one一つone一つ一つone-by-one一握りa handful (of)一安心feeling of relief (for the time being)一位first place一員one person一因one cause一円one yen一応more or less一億100,000,000一過passing (e.g. of a typhoon)

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Word data from JMdict-simplified (CC BY-SA 4.0). Underlying JMdict by the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group.

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