enjoy

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 享 conveys enjoyment and is read きょう in 享受 and 享楽.
• Basic usage: 享受, read きょうじゅ, means receiving and enjoying a benefit or opportunity.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• What is enjoyed
  • 自然の恵みを享受する means to enjoy the benefits of nature.
  • 享受する marks the benefit with を and focuses on receiving it, not merely on feeling happy.
• Benefiting and indulgence
  • 享楽, read きょうらく, refers to enjoying or pursuing pleasure.
  • 享楽に溺れる means being lost in indulgence, so 享楽 is not freely interchangeable with 享受 of benefits or opportunities.