幸せ

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
しあわせ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 為合わす, 仕合わす (shiawasu, to put together well; to work together well, lower bigrade, with continuative form ending in -e), itself a compound of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Japanese verbs (su, to do, to make something be a certain way) + 合わす (awasu, to join together, to fit together).[1][2]

Often spelled 幸せ with the final to indicate the reading.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

(しあわ) (shiawaseしあはせ (siafase)?-na (adnominal (しあわ) (shiawase na), adverbial (しあわ) (shiawase ni))

  1. happy
  2. fortunate, lucky

Inflection

See also

Noun

(しあわ) (shiawaseしあはせ (siafase)?

  1. a moment when circumstances come together: fate, opportunity (used to indicate both good and bad instances)
  2. happiness
  3. good fortune, good luck
  4. circumstances, the flow of events

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN