贅沢

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ぜい
Hyōgai
たく
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
贅澤 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーた [zèétáꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • (Tokyo) ーたく [zèétákúꜜ] (Odaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [d͡ze̞ːta̠kɯ̟]

Noun

(ぜい)(たく) • (zeitaku

  1. luxury; extravagance

Adjective

(ぜい)(たく) • (zeitaku-na (adnominal (ぜい)(たく) (zeitaku na), adverbial (ぜい)(たく) (zeitaku ni))

  1. luxury; extravagance
    ぜいたく()らす
    zeitaku ni kurasu
    to live a luxurious life; to live luxuriously

Inflection

Antonyms

Verb

(ぜい)(たく)する • (zeitaku surusuru (stem (ぜい)(たく) (zeitaku shi), past (ぜい)(たく)した (zeitaku shita))

  1. to live a luxurious life, to live a life of luxury

Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN