喜悦

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 喜悦 is read as きえつ and is a noun for great joy or ecstasy strong enough to show outwardly.
• Basic usage: An ecstatic expression before a completed work appears in 喜悦の表情, while great joy at a reunion appears in 再会の喜悦.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Intense and formal joy
  • It suits literary contexts where strong joy is visible in a face or voice rather than ordinary pleasure.
• Difference from 喜び
  • Unlike the broad everyday word for joy, this term carries a stronger, more formal sense approaching ecstasy.