Rejoice or Celebrate

by Nao

yoroko-bu, kei

The verb yorokobu is expressed by some kanji characters. All of them commonly mean to feel glad but there are small differences among them. The most ordinary character is the one we posted some months ago. We often see today’s character in greetings and it implies that you are telling that you feel happy for somebody on their happy occasion such as wedding or on New Year’s Day. A happy event is kei ji, which includes this character.