jolly

• adj.
• adv.
• 口）良い言葉で人を説得する；（口）良い言葉で人を喜ばせる
• 冗談を言う
• n.（陽気な）人の名前；（仏）Jolly；（英?印）Jolly；（独）Jolly

古フランス語のjolif「祭り、喜び」から。語源は不明だが、おそらく古ノルド語のjol「冬の祭り」、Yule「ユール」、またはラテン語のgaudere「楽しむ、喜ぶ」、gaudy「楽しむ」から。

jolly

jolly: [14] Old French jolif meant ‘pleasant, merry, festive’ (it has been speculated that it may have been derived from jól, the Old Norse term for the midwinter festival, to which English yule is closely related). English took the adjective over, and whereas in French (the modern form is joli) it has come to mean ‘pretty’, in English it kept closer to the original sense ‘merry’.
=> yule

jolly (adj.)

c. 1300 (late 13c. as a surname), from Old French jolif "festive, merry, amorous, pretty" (12c.) of uncertain origin (cognate with Italian giulivo "merry, pleasant").

Perhaps a Germanic loan-word from a source akin to Old Norse jol "a winter feast" (see yule), or from Latin gaudere "to rejoice," from PIE *gau- "to rejoice" (see joy). For loss of -f, compare tardy, hasty. Related: Jollily; jolliness.

1. It was jolly hard luck on him，wasn 't it？

彼は本当に運が悪いのではないでしょうか。

2.It was jolly hard work，but I loved it.

これはとても苦い仕事ですが、私は好きです。

3.She was jolly good at jigsaws.

彼女はパズルが上手だ。

4.She had a very jolly time in Korea.

彼女は韓国でとても楽しかった。

5.I was looking forward to a jolly party.

楽しいパーティーを楽しみにしています。