偕成

かいせい

Kaisei (publisher)

偕老

かいろう

growing old together

偕老同穴

かいろうどうけつ

happy life partnership

楽楽

らくらく

comfortably, easily

楽

らく

comfort, ease

楽市楽座

らくいちらくざ

free markets and open guilds (policy enacted by daimyo in the Azuchimomoyama Period (1573-1598) that weakened the strict regulations surrounding business establishment in market places and important cities, allowing new businesses to open in Joka-machi market places)

極楽極楽

ごくらくごくらく

It's absolute heaven, It's sheer bliss

福楽

ふくらく

happiness and comfort, happiness and peace

楽単

らくたん

easy subject; (university) course that anyone can pass; easy A

楽所

がくしょ がくそ

gagaku training place (Heian era)

楽校

がっこう

fun school (usu. involving experiential learning in the outdoors)

散楽

さんがく

form of ancient Chinese entertainment similar to a circus (brought to Japan during the Nara period)

左楽

さがく

style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance

燕楽

えんがく

Ancient Chinese banquet music

伎楽

ぎがく

ancient music

楽語

がくご

words used to describe tempo, dynamics, etc. in music, musical terminology

清楽

しんがく

Qing-era Chinese music (popularized in Japan during the early 19th century)

楽事

らくじ

pleasant circumstances, enjoyable matter

雑楽

ざつがく

popular music