How to say "pleased" in Japanese

• 嬉しいうれしいJLPT N4approx.Common
  i-adjectiveCovers 'pleased' as a felt emotion — it is also the word for 'glad' and 'happy'. Use it when expressing your own pleasure at something that has happened.
  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 the word for saying you are pleased: it describes things such as news, events, results or sights as joyful, delightful or pleasing — a way of evaluating something, not of reporting your own feeling.
  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.

For 'pleased' as your own feeling, use 「嬉しい」; 「喜ばしい」 instead describes things — news, events, results, sights — as joyful or pleasing, so it fits 'pleasing' or 'delightful' rather than 'I am pleased'.

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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.)