楽しい

たのしい · tanoshii · JLPT N5 · i-adj

fun

🎢 楽 = music/ease + しい (adjective ending): what feels like music is fun

楽 is the kanji for music (音楽, ongaku) and for ease or comfort (楽, raku). Add the adjective ending しい and you get tanoshii: enjoyable. Sound hook: ta-NO-shee, as in there is NO SHEEsh of boredom when something is fun.

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