JLPT N3 · な-adjective

幸せ (shiawase)

幸せ (しあわせ, shiawase) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “happiness; good fortune”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: しあわせ
Romaji: shiawase
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing · noun, な-adjective

Example sentences

金持ちが幸せとは限らない。

The rich are not always happy.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 幸せ

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	幸せだ	しあわせだ shiawaseda
Present (polite)	幸せです	しあわせです shiawasedesu
Negative	幸せじゃない	しあわせじゃない shiawasejanai
Past	幸せだった	しあわせだった shiawasedatta
Negative past	幸せじゃなかった	しあわせじゃなかった shiawasejanakatta
Te-form	幸せで	しあわせで shiawasede
Before a noun	幸せな	しあわせな shiawasena
Adverb (~ni)	幸せに	しあわせに shiawaseni

Kanji in 幸せ

幸

happiness, blessing, fortuneコウ・さいわ.い・さち · 8 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 幸せ.

幸運こううんgood luck幸福こうふくhappiness幸いさいわいhappiness不幸ふこうunhappiness

Source: JMdict entry 1594060 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.