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    3. 一喜一憂

    一喜一憂

    一いっ喜きい一ち憂ゆう

    alternating between happiness and anxiety

    KMT9News #28+1Ref L2Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab29 strokes

    いっきいちゆう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    alternating between happiness and anxiety, swinging between joy and sorrow, being glad and sad by turns, oscillating between optimism and pessimism
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    試し合あいの展てん開かいに一いっ喜き一いち憂ゆうした。

    I swung between joy and sorrow as the game unfolded.

    KMT6Emotions & PsychologySports & Martial Arts
    試し験けんの結けっ果かが出でるまで、学がく生せいたちは一いっ喜き一いち憂ゆうしながら待まっていた。

    The students waited, alternating between happiness and anxiety, until the exam results came out.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyEducation
    株かぶ価かの変へん動どうに一いっ喜き一いち憂ゆうする毎まい日にちだ。

    Every day is spent swinging between joy and sorrow over stock price fluctuations.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyBusiness & Finance
    人じん生せいは一イッ喜キ一イチュ憂ウの連れん続ぞくだが、それがまた醍だい醐ご味みでもある。

    Life is a series of ups and downs, but that is also its true charm.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyCore Concepts
    プロジェクトの進しん捗ちょく報ほう告こくがあるたびに、チーム内ないでは一いっ喜き一いち憂ゆうの雰ふん囲い気きが漂ただよった。

    Every time there was a progress report for the project, an atmosphere of alternating joy and sorrow hung over the team.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyWork & Career

    Kanji that make up this word

    一
    ひと-・ひと.つ…(13)
    one・one radical (no.1)
    喜
    よろこ.ぶ・よろこ.ばす…(6)
    rejoice・take pleasure in
    憂
    うれ.える・うれ.い・う.い・う.き…(2)
    melancholy・grieve・lament・be anxious・sad…(1)
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