楽しい

Meaning in English

fun, enjoyable

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楽

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Related sentences

N4 新しい言葉を覚えることは楽しいです。 Atarashii kotoba o oboeru koto wa tanoshii desu. Learning new words is fun. N4 日本語を勉強するのは楽しいです。 Nihongo o benkyou suru no wa tanoshii desu. Studying Japanese is fun.

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Word context

What it means

What does 楽しい mean? It describes the experience of pleasure or delight arising from an activity or situation, conveying that something is enjoyable and uplifting for the person involved.

Main meanings

pleasure and delight experienced during activities, events, or hobbies
describes experiences or things that bring amusement or happiness
used in casual and polite speech to express approval, anticipation, or personal enjoyment

How to use it

楽しい is used to describe activities, events, or objects that provide pleasure; it functions as an i-adjective and attaches to polite forms with です or to casual speech; past form is 楽しかった and negative form is 楽しくない; typical contexts include everyday conversation, entertainment, and social activities.

Variants and close terms

おもしろい (omoshiroi) — engaging, entertaining
つまらない (tsumaranai) — boring
おもろい (omoroi) — Kansai dialect variant of the same sense

Composition

楽 = pleasure, ease, comfort; しい = adjective suffix that turns the root into a describing i-adjective

Etymology

From the kanji 楽 meaning pleasure, ease, or comfort, with the adjectival suffix しい; the pronunciation tanoshii comes from the native kun'yomi たのしい, preserving the long -ii ending in modern Japanese.

Word class

adjective (i-adjective)

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Related words by kanji and components

N4 楽しむ tanoshimu enjoy, have fun N5 楽しかった tanoshikatta was fun N5 音楽 ongaku music

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