joy
要点喜び
意味
- (大きな)喜び,歓喜,うれしさ
- 喜びのもと(種)
例文
Can we find joy in spite of suffering and death?
私達は苦痛や死があるにもかかわらず喜びを見いだせるでしょう。
To her joy, she passed the entrance examination.
嬉しいことに、彼女は入試に合格した。
Told about his success, I almost cried for joy.
彼の成功を告げられて、私はうれし泣きしそうになった。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
The noun is from Middle English joye, borrowed from Old French joie, from Late Latin gaudia, neuter plural (mistaken as feminine singular) of Latin gaudium (“joy”), from gaudēre (“to be glad, rejoice”). Doublet of jo and gaudy (“Oxford college reunion”). Displaced native Old English ġefēa. The interjection is from the noun. The verb is from Middle English joyen, joȝen, joien, from Old French jöir, from the Old French noun (see above).