快かい楽らく

also: けらく

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

noun

pleasure; enjoyment; sensual delight

Only with reading かいらく

General term for pleasure, often with a nuance of physical or worldly enjoyment. Can carry a slightly negative connotation in some contexts, implying hedonism or indulgence.

彼かれは快かい楽らくだけを追おい求もとめる生せい活かつを送おくっている。
He leads a life pursuing only pleasure.

読どく書しょは私わたしにとって大おおきな快かい楽らくだ。

Reading is a great pleasure for me.

2

noun

supreme pleasure (Buddhism); liberation from earthly desires

Buddhism

Only with reading けらく

Specialized Buddhist term for the ultimate bliss attained through enlightenment and freedom from worldly attachments. Read as けらく in this context.

仏ぶっ教きょうでは、煩ぼん悩のうを離はなれた先さきに真しんの快楽けらくがあると説とく。
Buddhism teaches that true supreme pleasure (keraku) lies beyond earthly desires.

Written forms

快楽Usage100%
- かいらく
  Standard kanji spelling for the common reading かいらく.
- けらく
  Rare Buddhist reading; restricted to the specialized sense.
けらく

Kanji

快cheerful, pleasant, agreeable
楽music, comfort, ease

Similar words

喜よろこび
喜び is a broader, more positive term for joy or delight, while 快楽 often implies physical or sensual pleasure and can have a hedonistic nuance.
楽たのしみ
楽しみ refers to enjoyment or something to look forward to, generally lighter and less intense than 快楽, which can suggest deeper or more indulgent pleasure.

Etymology

Compound of 快 (kai, 'pleasant') and 楽 (raku, 'comfort, ease'). The reading けらく is the older go-on reading used in Buddhist contexts.