贅沢

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ぜい
Hyōgai
たく
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
贅澤 (kyūjitai)
ぜいたく(てき)だ!
Zeitaku wa teki da!
Luxury is the enemy! (war slogan)

Etymology

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Particularly: “Probably a shortened form of 贅(が)沢山(の), with (ぜい) (zei, luxury, extravagance) + 沢山(たくさん) (takusan, abundant, full of).”

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ぜい)(たく) (zeitaku

  1. luxury; extravagance

Adjective

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(ぜい)(たく) (zeitaku-na (adnominal (ぜい)(たく) (zeitaku na), adverbial (ぜい)(たく) (zeitaku ni))

  1. luxury; extravagance
    ぜいたく()らす
    zeitaku ni kurasu
    to live a luxurious life; to live luxuriously

Inflection

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Antonyms

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Verb

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(ぜい)(たく)する (zeitaku surusuru (stem (ぜい)(たく) (zeitaku shi), past (ぜい)(たく)した (zeitaku shita))

  1. to live a luxurious life, to live a life of luxury

Conjugation

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN