Meaning

Primary

Pleasure

Alternative

Enjoyment

Word Type

noun, の adjective

Explanation

Pleasant comfort brings you a lot of pleasure and you get a lot of enjoyment out of it.

Reading

かいらく
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This is a jukugo word that uses the on'yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own.

Context

Context Sentences

20代のころに一人ぐらしを始めて、ジャンクフードを食べる快楽に目覚めてしまったんです。

When I started living alone in my twenties, I discovered the pleasure of eating junk food.

ワニカニで漢字をどんどん覚えるのが楽しすぎて、脳内快楽物質ドバドバの漢字学習ジャンキーになってしまった。

Learning kanji on WaniKani has become so enjoyable that I've turned into a kanji learning junkie, with my brain flooded with pleasure chemicals.

なぜ世界には悪が存在し続けるのかって?それは、人は快楽には慣れるが、苦痛には一生慣れないからだよ。そして、みんな、自分が苦痛を感じるものを悪だと定義するからさ。

Why does evil continue to exist in the world? It's because people can get used to pleasure, but never to pain. Thus everyone defines as evil whatever causes them pain.

もう少しで、快楽に溺れるところだったわ。

I was close to drowning in pleasure.

Kanji Composition