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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

楽しみ

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tanoshimi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Enjoyment/ɪnˈdʒɔɪ.mənt/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #850 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"良い本の楽しみは、あなたを別の世界に連れて行くことができます。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The state or process of taking pleasure in something.

    "The enjoyment of a good book can transport you to another world."
  2. 2

    A source of pleasure or satisfaction.

    "The enjoyment of music can enhance one's mood."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English, blending the Old French prefix 'en-' (in, into) and 'joier' (to rejoice), ultimately stemming from the Latin 'gaudium' meaning joy. Over centuries, it evolved from expressing a legal holding and profiting from something into the general psychological state of taking pleasure or satisfaction in an activity or experience.

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