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    3. 喜怒哀楽

    喜怒哀楽

    喜き怒ど哀あい楽らく

    human emotions (joy, anger, grief and pleasure)

    KMT10News #30+1Ref L2NounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab43 strokes

    きどあいらく

    Noun

    1.
    human emotions (joy, anger, grief and pleasure), feelings
    yojijukugo

    Stroke 0 / 43

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    彼かれは喜き怒ど哀あい楽らくがはっきりしている人ひとです。

    He is a person whose emotions are clearly expressed.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    人じん生せいには喜き怒ど哀あい楽らくのすべてがある。

    Life contains all human emotions.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyCore Concepts
    彼かの女じょの顔かおには、喜き怒ど哀あい楽らくが豊ゆたかに表あらわれていた。

    Her face richly expressed all her emotions.

    KMT9Emotions & Psychology
    小しょう説せつの登とう場じょう人じん物ぶつたちは、様さま々ざまな喜き怒ど哀あい楽らくを経けい験けんする。

    The characters in the novel experience various human emotions.

    KMT9LiteratureEmotions & Psychology
    演えん劇げきは人にん間げんの喜き怒ど哀あい楽らくを表ひょう現げんする芸げい術じゅつだ。

    Theater is an art that expresses human emotions.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyArt & DesignMusic & Entertainment

    Kanji that make up this word

    喜
    よろこ.ぶ・よろこ.ばす…(6)
    rejoice・take pleasure in
    怒
    いか.る・おこ.る…(2)
    angry・be offended
    哀
    あわ.れ・あわ.れむ・かな.しい…(1)
    pathetic・grief・sorrow・pathos・pity…(1)
    楽
    たの.しい・たの.しむ・この.む…(7)
    music・comfort・ease
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