NichiDict

一喜一憂

いっきいちゆう
[ikkiichiyuu]

Meanings

1.NounNoun・suruIntransitive

alternating between happiness and anxiety; swinging between joy and sorrow; being glad and sad by turns; oscillating between optimism and pessimism

Examples

結果に一喜一憂しても仕方がない。

There is no point in swinging between joy and anxiety over results.

株価に一喜一憂する日々が続いた。

Days of alternating joy and anxiety over stock prices continued.

試合の展開に一喜一憂した。

I alternated between joy and worry over the game's progress.