What does 幸せ mean in Japanese?

幸せ (しあわせ) means "happiness; happy" in Japanese.

幸せ

Q: How do you use 幸せ in a sentence?

家族といると幸せです。 (かぞくといるとしあわせです。) — I am happy when I am with my family.

Kana: しあわせ

happiness; happy

Example sentence

家族といると幸せです。

かぞくといるとしあわせです。

I am happy when I am with my family.

What 幸せ means

幸せ (しあわせ) is a Japanese word meaning “happiness; happy”. It belongs to the Describing Words topic and appears at Level 2 (and again in Level 4), so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Japanese.

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Level 2

嬉しいうれしい happy; glad すぎるすぎる too; excessively 正しいただしい correct; right 間違いまちがい wrong; mistake 背が低いせがひくい short (in height) お腹いっぱいおなかいっぱい full (from eating) お腹がすくおなかがすく hungry 合うあう suitable; to fit 壊れるこわれる to break; broken 急ぐいそぐ to hurry; urgent 簡単かんたん simple 足りないたりない lacking; not enough

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What 幸せ means

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