happinessとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈhæpinɪs/, /ˈhæpinəs/
• ハイフネーション: hap‧pi‧ness

名詞

happiness (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 happinesses)

2. (uncountable) The emotion of being happy; joy.
   • 1877, W. S. Gilbert, The Sorcerer

     Yes, Aline, true happiness comes of true love, and true love should be independent of external influences.

3. (archaic, uncountable) prosperity, thriving, wellbeing.
   • 1776, United States Declaration of Independence

     We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

4. (archaic, uncountable) Good luck; good fortune.
   • 1643, — William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, I-i

     All happiness bechance to thee in Milan!

5. (obsolete, countable) Fortuitous elegance; unstudied grace; — used especially of language.

   Some beauties yet no precepts can declare, For there's a happiness, as well as care. — Alexander Pope.

使用する際の注意点

Happiness is generic, and is applied to almost every kind of enjoyment.

同意語

• felicity (somewhat dated または formal)
• blessedness (dated または religious)
• bliss (more exalted delight, suggesting heaven)
• joy
• pleasure

反意語

• unhappiness
• haplessness
• suffering

参照

• happiness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Further reading

• Happiness (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.
• happiness on Wikipedia.