JLPT N3 · な-adjective

幸福 (koufuku)

幸福 (こうふく, koufuku) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “happiness; well-being”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: こうふく
Romaji: koufuku
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness · noun, な-adjective

Example sentences

金持ちが必ずしも幸福とは限らない。

The rich are not always happy.

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

Conjugation of 幸福

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	幸福だ	こうふくだ koufukuda
Present (polite)	幸福です	こうふくです koufukudesu
Negative	幸福じゃない	こうふくじゃない koufukujanai
Past	幸福だった	こうふくだった koufukudatta
Negative past	幸福じゃなかった	こうふくじゃなかった koufukujanakatta
Te-form	幸福で	こうふくで koufukude
Before a noun	幸福な	こうふくな koufukuna
Adverb (~ni)	幸福に	こうふくに koufukuni

Kanji in 幸福

幸

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

福

blessing, fortune, luckフク · 13 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 幸福.

幸せしあわせhappiness幸運こううんgood luck幸いさいわいhappiness不幸ふこうunhappiness福ふくgood fortune福祉ふくしwelfare

Source: JMdict entry 1278400 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.