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So pardon for this being quite a specific question, but I'm trying to
communicate this idea in a letter:

> Looks like you had fun, so I'm glad.

Actually I'm finding it difficult to get my Japanese right in expressing this.
This is what I have so far:

> Emilyさん は たのしかったのようなですねから、わたししあわせになりました。

I'm unsure of whether it would be なりました or なる. In fact, I'm unsure of the
sentence in general - the ような part is important because I don't want to say
'you definitely had fun!', but I'm a little confused about how to structure
it. Does it sound unnatural?
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grammar word-choice verbs
How to properly express my happiness - しあわせになりました。
幸せ｛しあわせ｝ is used for long-lasting happiness or a state of happiness that
continues. A better word could be 嬉｛うれ｝しい .

So your sentence could be:

> Emilyさんは楽しかったようですから、私も嬉しいです！
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You could say 楽｛たの｝しい or 嬉｛うれ｝しい (i.e., 私は楽しい/嬉しい). In addition, you could
also say that something which makes you happy is 楽しい (e.g., 楽しい映画 "fun
movie").

幸｛しあわ｝せ is happiness that's more sublime and persistent. Also, with 幸せ, you
don't need to use になります. You could just say, like, 私は幸せでした.
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