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幸せ — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • happiness noun The state of feeling joyful, content, or satisfied with life.
  • happy adj Feeling or showing pleasure or contentment.
  • welfare noun A person's general health, happiness, and safety; well-being.

Senses

幸せ is used for these senses in English:

  • happiness (uncountable) The emotion of being happy; joy; elation.
  • happy Having a feeling arising from a consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, such as comfort, peace, or tranquillity; blissful, contented, joyous.
  • welfare (uncountable) Health, safety, happiness and prosperity; well-being in any respect.

happy — full definition

  1. adj Feeling or showing pleasure or contentment.
  2. adj Willing or glad to do something.
  3. adj Lucky or fortunate, as in "happy accident."

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