幸せ

Japanese

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

Alternative forms

  • 幸, 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 為 (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 せ 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. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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