息災

Japanese

Kanji in this term
そく
Grade: 3
さい
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of (soku, to stop, to cease) + (sai, disaster), literally "to stop misfortune"

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [so̞kɯ̟ᵝsa̠i]

Noun

(そく)(さい) • (sokusai) 

  1. good health
    家族(かぞく)息災(そくさい)(いの)
    kazoku no sokusai o inoru
    pray for good health for one's family

Adjective

(そく)(さい) • (sokusai) -na (adnominal (そく)(さい) (sokusai na), adverbial (そく)(さい) (sokusai ni))

  1. healthy, in good health
    無事(ぶじ)息災(そくさい)姿(すがた)
    buji sokusaina sugata
    a state of safety and good health

Inflection

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