- 1. [n, adj-na] comfort; ease; relief; (at) peace; relaxation
- 2. [adj-na, n] easy; simple; without trouble; without hardships
- 3. [adj-na, n] (economically) comfortable
- 4. [n] raku pottery (abbr)
- 5. [n] {Buddh} sukha (happiness)
Conjugation — Adjective (―na)
This word itself does not change -- these are forms of the copula だ ("to be") attached to it.
| Attributive (before a noun) | らくな | (rakuna) |
| Non-past, plain | らくだ | (rakuda) |
| Non-past, polite | らくです | (rakudesu) |
| Past, plain | らくだった | (rakudatta) |
| Past, polite | らくでした | (rakudeshita) |
| Negative, plain | らくじゃない | (rakujanai) |
| Negative, polite | らくじゃないです | (rakujanaidesu) |
| Past negative, plain | らくじゃなかった | (rakujanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | らくじゃなかったです | (rakujanakattadesu) |
| Te-form | らくで | (rakude) |
| Conditional (―nara) | らくなら | (rakunara) |
Kanji in this word
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楽
music, comfort, easeOn: ガク (gaku)、 ラク (raku)、 ゴウ (gou)Kun: たの.しい (tano.shii)、 たの.しむ (tano.shimu)、 この.む (kono.mu)
Example Sentences
近頃は旅行は楽だ。
Travelling is easy these days.