朗らか (hogaraka)
cheerful, bright, merry
- JLPT N2
- adjective
- Pitch 2
- #20445 most frequent
Meaning
朗らか (ほがらか, hogaraka) is a JLPT N2 adjective meaning “cheerful, bright, merry”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 11
彼はとても朗らかな人です。
He's a very cheerful person.
彼は朗らかな人です。
He is a cheerful person.
朗らかな人は、周りに安心を与える。
Cheerful people make you feel good.
そうです、ピーターは朗らかでした。
Oh, he was merry.
朗らかな笑いが隣室から聞こえてきた.
Gay peals of laughter in the next room reached my ears.
母は、のんきでほがらかでお人好しです。
My mother is carefree, cheerful and good-natured.
性格は、「朗らかで非常に義理堅い」と伝わる。
His personality is said to have been cheerful and with a very strong sense of duty.
決裂寸前、のように思えたのだけど、ポールは朗らかに笑った。
A rupture seemed imminent, but Paul laughed good-naturedly.
彼女は勇敢でほがらかで、いつも自分の苦難などは問題にしなかった。
She was brave and cheerful, and always made little of her troubles.
ピーターはあなたたち、たとえばひあなたたちのお父さんに負けず劣らず朗らかだったんです。
Peter was just as cheerful as you; for instance, he was no less cheerful than your father.
儚げながら可憐で朗らかな性格で、源氏は短い間であったが彼女にのめりこみ、死後も面影を追う。
She is a frail-looking woman, but is cute and has a cheerful disposition, so Genji deeply loved her, although it was just a short time, after her death he often remembered her.