音読み: ガク・ラク
訓読み: たのしい・たのしむ
画数: 13
部首: 木（き）
Meaning
Comfort / Ease / Music
- Basic forms
- 楽しむ — to enjoy; to have fun / base form
- 楽しみます — (I) enjoy; (I) have fun / masu form
- 楽しんだ — enjoyed; had fun / ta form
- 楽しんで — enjoy and …; please enjoy / te-form
- 楽しまない — don’t enjoy / negative form
- 楽しめば — if (you) enjoy / conditional
- 楽しめ・楽しみなさい — enjoy!; please enjoy / imperative
- Other common forms
- 楽しみたい — want to enjoy / 〜たい form
- 楽しめる — can enjoy; be able to enjoy / potential
- 楽しめた — was able to enjoy / past potential
- 楽しめない — cannot enjoy / negative potential
- More
- 楽しもう — let’s enjoy / 〜よう form
- 楽しまなかった — didn’t enjoy / past negative
- 楽しんでいる — is enjoying / progressive
楽しむ（たのしむ） is a godan verb ending in む. The stem shifts む → み → ん, as in 楽しむ・楽しみます・楽しんで. It is used when someone enjoys or takes pleasure in something.
- 音楽 — music
- 楽しい — fun / enjoyable
- 楽しむ — to enjoy
- 娯楽 — entertainment
- 楽器 — musical instrument
- 気楽 — carefree / easygoing
- 楽園 — paradise
- 快楽 — pleasure / delight
楽 originally showed a musical instrument with strings, symbolizing sound and joy. Over time, it extended to mean enjoyment, ease, and pleasure.
Used widely in everyday words about mood, hobbies, and music — conveying happiness and lightness.
音楽を聞くのは とても楽しいです。
Listening to music is very enjoyable.
週末は 友達と遊んで楽しみました。
I had fun hanging out with friends on the weekend.
楽園 — paradise