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目出度めでたい

Kana めでたい Romaji medetai

JLPT N2 Common word

Definitions

01i-adjective

usually kana

happy; auspicious; propitious; joyous

02i-adjective

Examples

その一件はめでたく落着するだろう。

The affair will come to a happy conclusion.

Tatoeba #212333

そのめでたいときに当たり彼は祝辞を述べた。

He offered his congratulations on the happy occasion.

Tatoeba #212565

第二子は男の子だって。これでめでたく一姫二太郎ってわけだね。

Your second child is a boy? Lucky you! Things are going according to the saying - Have a girl first and a boy next.

Tatoeba #137178

Other forms

愛でたい芽出度い (ateji (phonetic) reading; rarely used kanji form)

Source

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