小しょう確かっ幸こう

noun

small but certain happiness; simple pleasure in life

Coined by Haruki Murakami as an abbreviation of 小さいけど確かな幸せ. Used for everyday small joys, often with a literary or slightly self-conscious feel. Slangy but widely recognized.

• 朝あさのコーヒーが私わたしの小しょう確かっ幸こうです。

  My morning coffee is my small but certain happiness.

• 村むら上かみ春はる樹きのエッセイで「小しょう確かっ幸こう」という言こと葉ばを知しった。

  I learned the word 小確幸 from Haruki Murakami's essay.