享

Meaning

享 centers on receiving something offered or given, often with a sense of enjoyment or acceptance. The meanings extend naturally from receiving a tangible thing to receiving an experience (undergo), a call (answer the phone), or an outcome (get, catch).

• 享受きょうじゅ
  N1

  enjoyment (of freedom, beauty, etc.); reception (of a right, privilege, rank, etc.); having

• 享年きょうねん

  age at death

• 享楽きょうらく

  enjoyment; pleasure

• 享有きょうゆう

  possession (of a right, talent, etc.); enjoyment

• 享保きょうほう

  Kyōhō era (1716.6.22-1736.4.28)

• 享保の改革きょうほうのかいかく

  Kyōhō Reforms (1736 economic reforms)

• 享保の飢饉きょうほうのききん

  Kyōhō famine (1732)

• 享保尺きょうほうじゃく

  Kyōhō shaku (approx. 30.36 cm)

• 享受者きょうじゅしゃ

  recipient

• 享和きょうわ

  Kyōwa era (1801.2.5-1804.2.11)

• 享徳きょうとく

  Kyōtoku era (1452.7.25-1455.7.25)

• 享持きょうじ

  securing; possession; enjoyment (of rights, benefits, etc.)

• 享楽主義きょうらくしゅぎ

  epicureanism; hedonism

• 享楽生活きょうらくせいかつ

  life of pleasure

• 享楽的きょうらくてき

  pleasure-seeking

• 享禄きょうろく

  Kyōroku era (1528.8.20-1532.7.29)

• 延享えんきょう

  Enkyō era (1744.2.21-1748.7.12)

• 恩寵を享けるおんちょうをうける

  to enjoy (a person's) favor (favour)

• 永享えいきょう

  Eikyō era (1429.9.5-1441.2.17)

• 貞享じょうきょう

  Jōkyō era (1684.2.21-1688.9.30)

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