楽

• 読み: らく
• ローマ字: raku
• 漢字の分解: 楽 (raku) — comfort, ease, music, enjoyment
• 発音: /ɾa.kɯ/

意味

Easy; comfortable; relaxed. Describes a state of ease or lack of difficulty.

A na-adjective and noun with two key senses: physical/mental comfort (楽な姿勢, a comfortable position) and ease of effort (楽な仕事, an easy job). Also used in the pattern 楽になる (to become easier/more comfortable) and 楽をする (to take the easy way). Related to 楽しい (tanoshii, fun) but 楽 focuses on comfort and ease rather than enjoyment.

例文

1. この椅子は座り心地が楽だ。
2. 引っ越してから通勤が楽になった。
3. 楽な方法ばかり選んでいては成長しない。

使い方ガイド

場面: daily life, work, comfort

トーン: relaxed

起源と歴史

The kanji 楽 originally depicted a musical instrument on a wooden stand, representing music and enjoyment. From the pleasure of music, it extended to mean comfort and ease. The same kanji is used in 音楽 (ongaku, music).

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal