How to say "gratification" in Japanese

• 満足まんぞくJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, na-adjective, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbCovers the everyday sense of gratification as contentment — the feeling that one's needs, wishes, or expectations have been fulfilled. The default choice when 'gratification' simply means satisfaction with a result.
  彼かれは努つとめて雇い主やといぬしを満足まんぞくさせようとした。↗

  He was zealous in satisfying his employer.
• 会心かいしんCommon
  suru verb, no-adjectiveGratification as the pleased satisfaction of having carried something off well — a job, a performance, an achievement done to one's own liking. It implies success in what you set out to do, so it does not fit mere contentment.
• 喜びよろこびJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounReally 'joy' or 'delight' rather than gratification; it can surface in translated text for that word but usually overstates the feeling. Choose it only when the emotion is strong pleasure, not quiet fulfillment.
  我々われわれはお互たがいに喜よろこびをわかちあった。↗

  We partook in each other's joy.

Use 満足 for everyday satisfaction from needs or expectations being met, 会心 for the satisfaction of a well-executed success, and 「喜び」 when the feeling is closer to joy or delight than to gratification.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 満足まんぞくsatisfaction
• 会心かいしんcongeniality
• 喜びよろこびjoy
• 溜飲りゅういんgloating