幸い
さいわい · saiwai · JLPT N3 · na-adj
fortunately
🍀 saiwai sounds like sigh-why? Luckily, there is no reason to sigh
The kanji 幸 means happiness or good fortune, the same one as in 幸せ (shiawase, happy). Adding い makes 幸い: by good fortune, luckily. It often opens a sentence, as in 幸い、雨は止んだ: fortunately, the rain stopped.