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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

快かい楽らく

kairaku

pleasure

Example sentences

快楽かいらくしか求もとめない人ひともいる。
Some people pursue only pleasure.
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彼かれはいつも快楽かいらくを追おっている。
He is always seeking pleasure.
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人間にんげんはいつでも二ふたつの基本的きほんてきな願望がんぼうを持もっている。即すなわち苦痛くつうから逃のがれること、快楽かいらくに到達とうたつすることである。
Human beings usually have two basic desires: to get away from pain and to arrive at pleasure.
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Kanji in 快楽

快cheerful; pleasantOnカイKunこころよい
楽music; easeOnガク・ラク・ゴウKunたのしい・たのしむ・このむ

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