福徳|ふくとくfukutoku[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounfortune; happiness and prosperity

• Synonym幸せしあわせNeutralThe everyday word for happiness, centred on a person's life going well; 「福徳」 covers blessings and material fortune and carries a religious tinge.
• Synonym幸運こううんNeutralChance good luck, as in 「幸運を祈る」; it has no sense of wealth or material fortune.
• Synonym福ふくNeutralBlessing or good fortune, mostly in compounds such as 「福の神」 and 「福袋」, or the proverb 「笑う門には福来る」.
• Synonym大福だいふくNeutralGreat fortune, but also the bean-jam rice cake called 「大福」.
• Synonym多幸たこうWrittenA written, formal congratulatory word for great happiness, as in 「ご多幸をお祈りします」.
• Synonym福運ふくうんWrittenWritten and rare; stresses good luck rather than wealth or virtue.
• Antonym貧困ひんこんWrittenPoverty; a written word standing opposite 「福徳」 in its sense of fortune and wealth.
• Antonym不幸ふこうNeutralUnhappiness or misfortune; the everyday opposite of 「福徳」 in its sense of blessings.

Use 「福徳」 for blessings and material fortune, often with a religious tinge, as in 「福徳円満」 or 「福徳の神」. For everyday happiness pick 「幸せ」, for chance luck 「幸運」, for written congratulations 「多幸」; the opposites are 「不幸」 and 「貧困」.

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1. 善行ぜんこうとそれにより得えられる幸福こうふくの利益りえき。
2. 幸福こうふくと財産ざいさん。