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享受

きょうじゅ

N1enjoy · benefit from

Examples

住民は豊かな自然の恵みを享受している。

誰もが教育を受ける機会を享受できる社会を目指す。

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Study notes

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

  • Structure: 享受 is read as きょうじゅ and is a noun and する verb for enjoying or benefiting from something favorable, such as a benefit, right, or opportunity.
  • Basic usage: Enjoying the benefits of nature appears in 自然の恵みを享受する, while being able to enjoy an educational opportunity appears in 教育を受ける機会を享受できる.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

  • An abstract benefit as object
    • A benefit, right, or opportunity being enjoyed is marked with , and the expression is relatively formal.
  • Difference from 楽しむ
    • Unlike the everyday verb for enjoying an activity or feeling pleasure, this term has a literary or formal sense of receiving a benefit or opportunity.

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