富ふう貴き

also: ふっき

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

na-adjective, noun

wealth and rank; riches and honors

Refers to the combination of material wealth and high social standing; often used in formal or literary contexts.

彼かれは富ふう貴きを極きわめた人じん生せいを送おくった。
He lived a life of extreme wealth and rank.
富ふう貴きな家いえに生うまれたが、彼かれは質しっ素そに暮くらした。
Though born into a wealthy and high-ranking family, he lived simply.

Usage patterns

富ふう貴きを求もとめるto seek wealth and rank
彼かれは若わかい頃ころから富ふう貴きを求もとめて努ど力りょくした。
He worked hard from a young age seeking wealth and status.
富ふう貴きになるto become wealthy and of high rank
彼かれは商しょう売ばいに成せい功こうして富ふう貴きになった。
He succeeded in business and became wealthy and honored.
富ふう貴きの身みa person of wealth and high status
彼かの女じょは富ふう貴きの身みに生うまれた。
She was born into a life of wealth and rank.

Expressions

富ふう貴き浮ふ雲うんriches and honors are fleeting

Kanji

富wealth, enrich, abundant
貴precious, value, prize

Related words

富ふ裕ゆう
富裕 describes material wealth alone, while 富貴 adds the sense of high social rank along with the wealth.
高こう貴き
高貴 stresses noble birth or moral elevation, whereas 富貴 pairs material riches with social standing.
裕ゆう福ふくN1
裕福 is a common, everyday word for being financially well-off, while 富貴 is a literary term that also implies rank or honor.

Opposites

貧ひん賤せん
貧賤 means poverty combined with low social status, the direct opposite of 富貴's wealth combined with high rank.

Word family

富ふう貴き栄えい華が
wealth, rank, and arrogant splendor

Written forms

富貴Usage89%
- ふうき
  Standard kanji spelling; the reading ふうき is the most common.
- ふっき
  Alternate reading; less common than ふうき.
ふうきUsage11%
ふっき

Etymology

Compound of 富 (wealth) and 貴 (nobility, preciousness). The reading ふうき is the standard on'yomi; ふっき is a less common variant.