JLPT N3 · な-adjective

楽 (raku)

楽 (らく, raku) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “comfort; ease”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: らく
Romaji: raku
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

comfort; ease; relief; (at) peace; relaxation · noun, な-adjective
easy; simple; without trouble; without hardships · な-adjective, noun
(economically) comfortable · な-adjective, noun
raku pottery · noun · abbreviation
sukha (happiness) · noun

Example sentences

近頃は旅行は楽だ。

Travelling is easy these days.

Tatoeba #179829

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

Conjugation of 楽

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	楽だ	らくだ rakuda
Present (polite)	楽です	らくです rakudesu
Negative	楽じゃない	らくじゃない rakujanai
Past	楽だった	らくだった rakudatta
Negative past	楽じゃなかった	らくじゃなかった rakujanakatta
Te-form	楽で	らくで rakude
Before a noun	楽な	らくな rakuna
Adverb (~ni)	楽に	らくに rakuni

Kanji in 楽

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.

音楽おんがくmusic楽しいたのしいenjoyable楽むたのしむto enjoy楽しみたのしみenjoyment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 1207230 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.