Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ぜい
Hyōgaiji
たく
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
贅澤 (kyūjitai)
 
ぜいたく(てき)だ!
Zeitaku wa teki da!
Luxury is the enemy! (war slogan)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(ぜい)(たく) (zeitaku

  1. luxury; extravagance

Adjective edit

(ぜい)(たく) (zeitaku-na (adnominal (ぜい)(たく) (zeitaku na), adverbial (ぜい)(たく) (zeitaku ni))

  1. luxury; extravagance
    ぜいたく()らす
    zeitaku ni kurasu
    to live a luxurious life; to live luxuriously

Inflection edit

Antonyms edit

Verb edit

(ぜい)(たく)する (zeitaku surusuru (stem (ぜい)(たく) (zeitaku shi), past (ぜい)(たく)した (zeitaku shita))

  1. to live a luxurious life, to live a life of luxury

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN