幸せ

Japanese

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

Alternative forms

  • , 仕合せ, 仕合わせ, 倖せ

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 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

Adjective

幸せ (-na inflection, hiragana しあわせ, rōmaji shiawase, historical hiragana しあはせ)

  1. happy
  2. fortunate, lucky

Inflection

See also

Noun

幸せ (hiragana しあわせ, rōmaji shiawase, historical hiragana しあはせ)

  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. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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