一喜一憂

いっきいちゆう

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

Common word

Meanings

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive
alternating between happiness and anxiety; swinging between joy and sorrow; being glad and sad by turns; oscillating between optimism and pessimismFour-character idiom

彼かれは一喜一憂いっきいちゆうした。

He fluctuated between hope and despair.
父ちちの病状びょうじょうは一喜一憂いっきいちゆうです。

My father's condition seems to improve one moment, but the next moment he sinks again.
彼かれは試合しあいの結果けっかに一喜一憂いっきいちゆうしている。

He is now glad, now sad at the progress of the game.
ボスの顔色かおいろに一喜一憂いっきいちゆうの毎日まいにち。こんな仕事しごとやってられないよ。

I can't keep this up. It's an emotional roller coaster around here and all we have to do is look at the boss's face to know whether everybody is going to be happy or sad.
表面的ひょうめんてきな物事ものごとに一喜一憂いっきいちゆうする人ひとが人ひとを管理かんりする立場たちばにつくべきではない。

Somebody who wavers between hope and fear over superficial things should not be appointed to a management position.