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めでたい is an exact match with one form of the following word:
めでたい
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1. happy; auspicious; propitious; joyous  (see also: おめでたい; often written with kana only)
2. naive  (see also: おめでたい)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 7 (among the 20,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 63,167 which gives a rank of 15,091
めでたい is the most useful form. 3 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 66,000 (about 5,300,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 4014 (see iKnow! collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
そのめでたいとき
たり
かれ
しゅくじ
祝辞
べた

He offered his congratulations on the happy occasion.
その
いっけん
一件
めでたく
らくちゃく
落着
する
だろう
The affair will come to a happy conclusion.
だい
にし
二子
おとこ
だってこれめでたく
いちひめにたろう
一姫二太郎
ってわけ
Your second child is a boy? Lucky you! Things are going according to the saying - Have a girl first and a boy next.
目出度い
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Reading : めでたい   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 139,000 (about 657,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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愛でたい
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Reading : めでたい   
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• This form is used about 50% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 61,000 (about 6,360,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
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芽出度い
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Reading : めでたい   
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• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 104,000 (about 1,670,000 results)
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
シュツ   スイ   だ to take out, to put out   で to go out, to exit   
ド   ト   タク   degree   たび occasion, time   
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广
stony cliff
廿
twenty; 20   にじゅう twenty   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
また again   
アイ    love   
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go
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cover; covered   
シン   こころ heart   
つめ claw; fingernail   
ガ   め a bud   
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ガ   ゲ   きば tusk, tooth, fang   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ウ    from   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
hook
grass   
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