Vocabulary

What does 幸い (さいわい, saiwai) mean?

幸い (さいわい, saiwai) means fortunately, luckily.

Quick facts
Readingさいわい
Romajisaiwai
Part of speechnoun, na-adjective
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N3
さいわい
N3 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonsaiwai

fortunately, luckily

  1. 1noun · na-adjective happiness; blessedness; luck
  2. 2noun · suru verb · intransitive proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; ending well
  3. 3adverb · noun luckily; fortunately

Example sentences

  • I would appreciate a reply.

  • Fortunately, no one was hurt.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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