How to say "glad" in Japanese

• 嬉しいうれしいJLPT N4approx.Common
  i-adjectiveCovers 'glad' as your own feeling: being happy, pleased or delighted about something that happened or someone said. This is the word for 'I'm glad to see you' and similar first-person statements.
  あなたに再会さいかいできてうれしい。↗

  I am pleased to see you again.
• 喜ばしいよろこばしいCommon
  i-adjectiveNot used for your own feeling of being glad; it describes news, events, results or sights that are joyful, delightful or pleasing — really 'joyful' or 'delightful' — as when announcing or commenting on happy news.
  この喜よろこばしい日ひをお祝いわいし、幸しあわせと喜よろこびがあなたにきますように。↗

  May happiness and joy come to you as you celebrate this joyous day.

Use 「嬉しい」 for your own feeling of being glad, pleased or delighted; use 「喜ばしい」 for news, events, results or sights that are joyful or delightful, not for expressing your own gladness.

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• 嬉しいうれしいhappy
• 喜ばしいよろこばしいjoyful (news, event, etc.)