JLPT N4 · な-adjective

楽しみ (tanoshimi)

楽しみ (たのしみ, tanoshimi) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “enjoyment; pleasure”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: たのしみ
Romaji: tanoshimi
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; delight; joy · noun, な-adjective
anticipation; looking forward to; something to look forward to · noun, な-adjective

Example sentences

水泳が私の楽しみの１つです。

Swimming is one thing I enjoy.

Tatoeba #143698

お便り楽しみにお待ちしております。

I am looking forward to hearing from you.

Tatoeba #161715

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

Conjugation of 楽しみ

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	楽しみだ	たのしみだ tanoshimida
Present (polite)	楽しみです	たのしみです tanoshimidesu
Negative	楽しみじゃない	たのしみじゃない tanoshimijanai
Past	楽しみだった	たのしみだった tanoshimidatta
Negative past	楽しみじゃなかった	たのしみじゃなかった tanoshimijanakatta
Te-form	楽しみで	たのしみで tanoshimide
Before a noun	楽しみな	たのしみな tanoshimina
Adverb (~ni)	楽しみに	たのしみに tanoshimini

Kanji in 楽しみ

楽

music, comfort, easeガク・ラク・たの.しい・たの.しむ · 13 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 楽しみ.

音楽おんがくmusic楽しいたのしいenjoyable楽むたのしむto enjoy楽らくcomfort楽器がっきmusical instrument娯楽ごらくamusement極楽ごくらくSukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land)楽譜がくふscore楽観らっかんoptimism

Source: JMdict entry 1207250 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.