楽しい
tanoshii
If you forget the clock, that's 楽しい
The picture The whole time you're there you never look at the clock, and your face has opened up. 楽しい is good the whole time you're doing it; うれしい is glad at the moment something happens.
Where the picture shows up in 楽しい
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fun while it lasts
今日の仕事は楽しかったです。
kyō no shigoto wa tanoshikatta desu
Work was fun today.
The closing bell rings and only then do the eyes go up to the clock
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fun together
みんなで食べると楽しいです。
minna de taberu to tanoshii desu
It's fun when we all eat together.
Spoons going into one pot at once around the table, and laughter breaking out
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happily
楽しく働きたいです。
tanoshiku hatarai-tai desu
I want to work happily.
Humming at the workbench while the hands keep moving
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looking forward to it
来週の旅行が楽しみです。
raishū no ryokō ga tanoshimi desu
I'm looking forward to next week's trip.
The suitcase pulled out early and a finger resting on that date in the calendar
楽しみ is the form for looking forward to something still ahead.
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fun to be around
楽しい人と働きたいです。
tanoshii hito to hatarai-tai desu
I want to work with people who are fun.
He walks in and the air in the workshop lightens, shoulders dropping
All of it in one picture
楽しい is one picture: forgetting the clock. Forget it at work and the day feels short; forget it at the table and the talk never stops; forget it in how you work and you're doing it smiling. When your mind runs ahead to a trip not yet taken, that's 楽しみ — and when a person gives you that feeling, they're someone you want to be around.