幸運

こううん · kouun · JLPT N3 · noun

good fortune

🍀 幸運 = happiness (幸) + fate (運); kouun, as in you co-won the lottery

幸 (kou) means happiness, as in 幸せ shiawase. 運 (un) means fate or luck, and it also means to carry, as in 運ぶ hakobu. Together they make fortune that carries happiness to you. Hook: kou-un sounds like co-won, the luck of sharing a jackpot.

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