also: まんぷく
all health and happiness; complete well-being
A somewhat formal or literary expression for wishing someone total health and happiness. Often used in greetings, well-wishes, or auspicious contexts.
As a New Year's greeting, I wish you all health and happiness.
This amulet is said to bring its owner complete well-being.
Standard kanji spelling; reading ばんぷく is the most common.
Alternate reading; less common but still encountered.
Compound of 万 (ten thousand, myriad) and 福 (fortune, happiness), literally 'ten thousand fortunes'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of abundant well-being.