Japanese word

恵まれる

Pronunciation

Romajimegumareru

Meaning

  • verbbe lucky

Example

私たちはよい天気に恵まれました。watashi ta chi wa yo i ten ki ni megu ma re ma shi ta

We were lucky to have good weather.

Illustration for 恵まれる (be lucky)

More examples

彼女はすばらしい先生に恵まれました。kano jo wa su ba ra shi i sen sei ni megu ma re ma shi ta

She was lucky to have a wonderful teacher.

Core concept

Expresses having useful or desirable things come to someone because circumstances provide them, often without personal control.

Common phrases

  • 人に恵まれるhito ni megu ma re ru

    be blessed with good people

  • 天候に恵まれるten kō ni megu ma re ru

    be blessed with good weather

Similar words

授かるsazukaru: To receive a valuable thing, quality, or opportunity as a gift or blessing.

Definition in Japanese

運や環境などの条件にめぐまれ、必要なものや望ましいものを得る。un ya kan kyō na do no jō ken ni me gu ma re hitsu yō na mo no ya nozo ma shi i mo no o u ru

Word origin

The native verb 恵む (megumu, "to bless or bestow") forms 恵まれる (megumareru) as its passive form, with the sense of receiving what is bestowed.

Usage tips

  • Japanese commonly uses 恵まれる (megumareru) with conditions such as good weather or a rich natural environment, not only with sudden strokes of luck.

Other meanings

  • be blessed withverb
  • be rich inverb

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