らく

Japanese

Etymology 1

From the contraction of final る (ru) in some 連体形(れんたいけい) (rentaikei) forms with earlier 所(あく) (aku).

Suffix

らく • (-raku) 

1. Synonym of く (“nominalization suffix”)

Usage notes

• This form is used after the 終止形(しゅうしけい) (shūshikei) of 二段活用(にだんかつよう) (nidan katsuyō), サ行変格活用(ぎょうへんかくかつよう) (sa-gyō henkaku katsuyō), カ行変格活用(ぎょうへんかくかつよう) (ka-gyō henkaku katsuyō), and ナ行変格活用(ぎょうへんかくかつよう) (na-gyō henkaku katsuyō) verbs - as well as following the 未然形(みぜんけい) (mizenkei) or 連用形(れんようけい) (ren'yōkei) of 一段活用(いちだんかつよう) (ichidan katsuyō) verbs; e.g. 老(お)ゆらく (oyuraku), すらく (suraku), くらく (kuraku), 死(し)ぬらく (shinuraku), 見(み)らく (miraku).

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of らく – see the following entries.

【楽】2 [adjective] comfortable, enjoying [adjective] easy, simple [adjective] rich, wealthy [adjective] uncomplicated [noun] comfort, ease, enjoyment [noun] ease, simplicity [noun] Short for 千秋楽 (senshūraku): the end of a performance; a finale; the last or end of something [noun] Short for 楽焼き (Raku-yaki): rakuware [proper noun] a male or female given name [proper noun] a surname

(This term, らく (raku), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as らく, see Category:Japanese kanji read as らく.)

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