How to Say “I’m happy for you!” in Japanese

How do you say “I’m happy for you!” in Japanese?

Today’s phrase is :

I’m happy for you!

よかったね!

 yokattane

If you want to speak politely, you can say :

よかったですね!

 yokattadesune

  • I’m happy = わたしはうれしい watashiwa ureshii
  • for you = あなたのために anatanotameni

The literal translation of “I’m happy for you!” is “わたしはあなたのためにうれしい!(watashiwa anatanotameni ureshii)”, but that sounds unnatural.

We say “よかったね!” when something good happened to the person we are talking to.