Usage patterns 安あん 楽らく な 生せい 活かつ を 送おく る to lead a comfortable, easy life
After retiring, he is leading a comfortable life.
安あん 楽らく に 暮く らす to live in comfort and ease
I want to live comfortably in the countryside.
〈 事こと 〉 に 安あん 楽らく を 求もと める to seek comfort/ease in something
Many people save money in search of comfort in their old age.
Related words 快適 typically describes physical comfort or convenience (like a comfortable room), while 安楽 emphasizes freedom from pain or worry and has a more formal, literary tone.
楽 is a casual, everyday word for ease or comfort, whereas 安楽 is more formal and specifically suggests a peaceful, untroubled state.
安寧 is a formal, often societal or political term for peace and tranquility, while 安楽 focuses on personal physical or mental comfort.
気楽 describes a relaxed, carefree mental attitude in everyday situations, while 安楽 refers more broadly to a state of comfort free from hardship.
安楽 is the everyday word for comfort or ease, while 佚 is an old literary noun with the same core meaning that modern speakers rarely use.
Opposites 苦労 means hardship or toil, the direct opposite of the ease and comfort described by 安楽 .
安楽 means comfort and ease, the direct opposite of the hardship and toil described by 辛苦 .
安楽 means ease and comfort, the direct opposite of the pain and struggle described by 苦難 .
Etymology Compound of 安 (peace, ease) and 楽 (comfort, pleasure). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination naturally conveys a state of peaceful comfort.
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