JLPT N5 vocabulary
楽: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
らく2Odaka · falls after 名;形動also 1 noun
na-adjective
Meaning
- comfort, ease, relief, peace, relaxation
- easy, simple, without trouble or hardships (adjectival noun, noun)
- (economically) comfortable (adjectival noun, noun)
- raku pottery (abbreviation)
- sukha (happiness) (Buddhism)
Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present普通形 | 楽 | 楽 |
| Plain past過去形 | 楽 | 楽 |
| Polite presentです形 | 楽 | 楽 |
| Polite pastでした形 | 楽 | 楽 |
| Te-formて形 | 楽 | 楽 |
| Modifying | ||
| Before a noun連体形 | 楽 | —not in common use |
| As an adverb連用形 | 楽 | —not in common use |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 楽 | 楽 |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 楽 | 楽 |
Example sentences
彼女の病気を多少なりとも楽にしてやりたいんです。
I want to help ease her sickness to some extent.
一日に 16 時間続けて仕事はできないこともないが、 全然楽じゃないでしょう?
It's not that you can't work 16 hours straight in a day, but it's not easy at all, is it?