らく

[楽] ◇→楽な

◇→楽に

¶どうぞお～してください

Please make yourself at home.

②［たやすく］

〔楽々， やすやす， 苦もなく， 難なく〕

**easily

［通例文尾または修飾する動詞の前で］ 容易に， 楽に；努力しないで∥ This watch winds easily. この時計は楽に巻ける / I wish I could make money so easily! そんなに楽に金もうけができればなあ

cheaply

安く；安っぽく， 下品に；楽に

without difficulty

容易に.

▲This airplane accommodates 400 passengers quite comfortably. この飛行機は楽に400人運ぶことができる.

◇～にする［なる］

⇒らくにする・なる

楽
comfort
ease

* * *

らく【楽】

◇ → 楽な

◇ → 楽に

¶どうぞお～してください

Please make yourself at home.

②［たやすく］

〔楽々， やすやす， 苦もなく， 難なく〕

**easily

［通例文尾または修飾する動詞の前で］ 容易に， 楽に；努力しないで

This watch winds easily. この時計は楽に巻ける

I wish I could make money so easily! そんなに楽に金もうけができればなあ

cheaply

安く；安っぽく， 下品に；楽に

without difficulty

容易に.

▲This airplane accommodates 400 passengers quite comfortably. この飛行機は楽に400人運ぶことができる.

◇～にする［なる］

⇒ らくにする・なる

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らく【楽】

1 〔心身の安楽〕 comfort; ease; 〔喜び〕 pleasure.

～な comfortable; easy.

●楽な姿勢 《in》 a comfortable [relaxed] posture

・楽な暮らし a comfortable living; an easy life

・楽な気持ちでいる be relaxed

・遊んでいるのは楽なようでかえって苦しい. It may appear nice spending one's time doing nothing, but, on the contrary, it's very trying.

・気が楽である be [feel] at ease.

●これだけの貯えがあれば老後は楽ができるでしょう. If you have this much money saved, you'll be able to live in comfort in your old age.

●楽をする live at one's ease; have an easy time; live a comfortable life; live in comfort

・彼は楽をすることばかり考えている. He is always trying to get away with doing as little as possible.

・両親に楽をさせる let one's parents lead a comfortable life.

●このいすは楽だ. I feel comfortable in this chair.

・観光バスの座席が狭すぎて体が楽ではなかった. The tour bus seat was too cramped for comfort.

・そう言ってもらえると私も気が楽だ. It's very kind of you to say so. It's a great relief to me.

・ここまで準備しておけば明日が楽だ. We've got through this much, so we don't have to work too hard tomorrow.

・楽あれば苦あり. No rose without a thorn. 【諺】 | The sweet and sour go together.

2 ～な 〔安楽な〕 easy; comfortable; 〔安易な〕 easy; light; simple; soft.

●楽な仕事 an easy task; a soft [cushy] job; light work [labor]

・楽な生き方 an easygoing way of life; a laid-back lifestyle

・一番楽な方法を取る follow [take, choose] the line of least resistance

・気の合った仲間とだけ付き合っていればいいのなら楽なことだ. Life would be very easy if the only people you had to associate with were those you got along well with.

・高齢者にとっては階段の上り下りは楽なことではない. Elderly people have a lot of difficulty going up and down stairs.

・人前で話すのは私にとって楽なことではない. I am uncomfortable speaking in public.

・親の時代に比べれば現代の家事労働なんて楽なものだ. Housework nowadays is quite easy compared with our parents' day.

・人間は楽な方へ楽な方へと流れるものだ. It's human nature always to look for the easiest way of doing things. | People are always prone to choose the path of least effort.

・(仕事が)楽でない be difficult; be hard

・楽でない仕事 no easy work [job, task]

・教師は楽じゃない. Being a teacher [Teaching] is no picnic.

・この作業ははたで見るほど楽ではない. This job isn't as easy as it looks to a bystander.

・全自動の洗濯機を使うと楽ですよ. It would save you a lot of trouble if you used a fully automatic washing machine.

・これから先の道は楽だ. From here the going is easy.

・私はフランス語よりもドイツ語のほうが楽だ. I am more at home with German than with French.

・楽(を)して金を儲ける earn easy money

・楽して儲かる仕事 a job that brings in good money without labor

・人に面倒を押しつけておいて自分は楽しようなんて図々しい. He's got a lot of gall―offloading troublesome matters on other people so he can take it easy himself!

●楽をせず手間をかければそれだけ料理はおいしくなる. The more trouble you go to over your cooking, without cutting corners, the better the result will be.

3 〔千秋楽〕 ⇒せんしゅうらく.

4 〔楽焼き〕 ⇒らくやき.

楽に 1 〔安楽に〕 comfortably; in comfort; at one's ease.

●楽に暮らす live comfortably [in comfort, at one's ease]; lead [live] a comfortable life

・楽に死ぬ die a peaceful death; die without suffering

・楽に 6 人乗れる車 a car that seats six people comfortably

・もう少し物事を楽に考えたほうがいい. You'd be better off if you took things easier.

2 〔容易に〕 easily; with ease; without difficulty [trouble, effort]. [⇒らくらくと 2]

●楽にもうける make easy money [an easy gain]

・楽にやせられる方法 an easy method [way] of losing [taking off] weight

・楽に勝つ win easily [comfortably]; win an easy victory 《over…》; 《口》 have a walkover

・楽に行ける 〈場所が主語〉 be easy to reach [of access]

・1 日に 30 キロは楽に歩ける. Walking 30 kilometers a day is nothing at all to me.

・今では海外の書籍も楽に手に入る. Nowadays foreign books are easily [readily] available.

・君なら楽に合格だ. You can easily pass the exam.

・あの人は楽にどんぶり 5 杯は食べる. He puts away [makes short work of] five bowls of rice.

・滝までは楽に歩いて行けます. The waterfall is within easy walking distance.

楽にする 〔安楽にする〕

●体[気]を楽にする take one's ease; unbend oneself

・お楽になさってください. Make yourself comfortable [at home].

・横になって体を楽になさい. Lie down and relax (yourself).

楽になる 〔快適になる〕 become comfortable; 〔苦痛がやわらぐ〕 〈苦痛が主語〉 be mitigated; be alleviated; 〈人が主語〉 feel relief; get rid of 《pain》; 〔気持ちの負担がなくなる〕 come to feel at ease; 〔生計に余裕ができる〕 be able to live with greater comfort; be better off.

●この薬を飲むと楽になる. You will feel better if you take this medicine. | This medicine will bring [give] you relief.

・少し寝たらだいぶ楽になった. I had a little sleep and now feel a lot better.

・ようやく呼吸が楽になった. I am breathing more easily now.

・老母は早く楽になりたい(＝死にたい)とよく言っていた. My old mother often said that she would like to be rid of the burden of living as soon as possible.

・いくら働いても生活は楽にならない. However hard I work, I never seem to be any better off.

・彼女が来てから店の仕事がうんと楽になった. Since the girl came to help us with the shop, we are having a much easier time.

・息子が大学を出ればだいぶ楽になる. When our son leaves college, things will be a lot easier for us (financially).

・それで気が楽になった. It's a load taken off my mind. | I feel much relieved now.