めでたしめでたし

Japanese

Alternative forms

• (rare): 目(め)出(で)度(た)し目(め)出(で)度(た)し (medetashi medetashi)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [me̞de̞ta̠ɕi me̞de̞ta̠ɕi]

Interjection

めでたしめでたし • (medetashi medetashi) 

1. All is well that ends well.
2. And they all lived happily ever after. (To be used only at the very end of the whole story - e.g. in fairy tales)