幸|さちsachi[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. noungood luck; fortune; happiness
2. nounharvest; yield

• Synonym幸せしあわせNeutralThe everyday word for happiness and the most common choice; 「幸」 is an archaic native word mostly seen in 「海の幸」 and 「幸多かれ」.
• Synonym幸運こううんNeutralGood luck, stressing fortune that arrives by chance; 「幸」 is more archaic and also covers nature's bounty.
• Synonym幸福こうふくWrittenWritten/formal prose for happiness, rather abstract, as in 「幸福な家庭」; unlike 「幸」 it never refers to natural bounty.
• Synonym幸いさいわいWrittenWritten/formal prose for luck or something to be glad of, as in 「幸いにも」 and 「お役に立てれば幸いです」.
• SynonymラッキーCasualA colloquial loanword for being lucky, light in tone, often as the exclamation 「ラッキー！」.
• Synonym福ふくNeutralGood fortune or blessings, typically in set phrases like 「福を招く」 and 「笑う門には福来る」.
• Synonym果報かほうWrittenWritten/formal prose for good fortune as a karmic reward, with a Buddhist coloring, as in 「果報は寝て待て」.
• Related大福だいふくWrittenWritten/formal prose for great fortune, also the daifuku sweet; in modern usage it mostly names the confection.
• Related福徳ふくとくWrittenWritten/formal prose for fortune and virtue, rare, with a Buddhist sense of blessings earned through good deeds.
• Related多幸たこうWrittenWritten/formal prose for abundant happiness, a blessing used in letters, as in 「ご多幸を祈ります」.
• Related幸福感こうふくかんNeutralThe feeling of happiness, centered on the inner state; it never means luck or natural bounty.
• Related盛運せいうんWrittenWritten/formal prose for flourishing fortune, rare, stressing a period when one's luck is at its height.
• Related僥倖ぎょうこうWrittenWritten/formal prose for an unexpected stroke of luck, inherently a matter of chance, as in 「望外の僥倖」.
• Related慶福けいふくWrittenWritten/formal prose for celebratory good fortune, rare, found mostly in congratulatory messages.
• Related清福せいふくWrittenWritten/formal prose for pure, spiritually serene happiness, rare, also used in letter closings.
• Antonym不幸ふこうNeutralThe antonym: unhappiness and misfortune, opposite of 「幸」; also a polite euphemism for a death in the family.
• Antonym災いわざわいWrittenWritten/formal prose for disaster or calamity, the opposite of the happiness sense of 「幸」, as in 「災いを招く」.
• Antonym禍まがWrittenThe same word as the entry above, also written 「禍」; meaning unchanged, as in 「口は災いの元」.

「幸」 is an archaic native word, seen mostly in 「海の幸」 and 「山の幸」 for the bounty of sea and mountains, or in the blessing 「幸多かれ」. For everyday happiness use 「幸せ」, for luck 「幸運」, and in written or formal prose 「幸福」. The usual opposites are 「不幸」 and 「災い」; most other words here are rare or literary.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. さいわいであること。
2. しあわせ。
3. 産物さんぶつ。特とくに、天恵てんけいによる産物さんぶつ。