How to say "joyous" in Japanese

• 喜ばしいよろこばしいCommon
  i-adjectiveCovers 'joyous' in its core sense of gladdening: it describes news, events, results, or sights that give pleasure, and suits an announcement of joyful news or a delightful result.
  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.
• めでたいJLPT N2approx.Common
  i-adjectiveMatches 'joyous' when the sense is auspicious: the happy, celebratory feeling of a felicitous occasion such as a wedding. It is usually written in kana rather than with kanji.
  その一いち件けんはめでたく落着らくちゃくするだろう。↗

  The affair will come to a happy conclusion.

Choose 「喜ばしい」 when 'joyous' describes something gladdening, such as news, an event, a result, or a sight; choose 「めでたい」 when the sense is auspicious, celebratory happiness felt on a felicitous occasion.

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• 喜ばしいよろこばしいjoyful (news, event, etc.)
• めでたいhappy
• おめでたい(matter) for congratulations
• かりゆしhappy