Word Meaning 道楽

どうらく douraku

道楽 is read as どうらく (douraku) and means pastime.

Meaning

English

  1. pastime
  2. hobby
  3. favorite amusement
  4. dissipation
  5. debauchery
  6. loose living
  7. prodigality
  8. indulging in alcohol, women, gambling, etc.

Reading

Kana

どうらく

Romaji

douraku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 20796 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

道楽仲間

どうらくなかま

companion in one's pleasures

道楽息子

どうらくむすこ

prodigal son

信楽高原鉄道

しがらきこうげんてつどう

Shigaraki Kōgen Railway Co.

王道楽土

おうどうらくど

Arcadia, presided over by a virtuous king

道のり

みちのり

distance

みち

distance

道場

どうじょう

manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)

道理

どうり

reason

道中

どうちゅう

during the journey

道教

どうきょう

Taoism

音楽

おんがく

music

気楽

きらく

easygoing

Example Sentences

1

It can hardly be called research... just an amateur's hobby, I'm ashamed to say.