多 幸(たこう)

たこう

noun

great happiness; much happiness

1. great happiness; good fortune

A formal word for a great deal of happiness, used almost only in written wishes for someone else's future, in the set phrase ご多幸(たこう).

ご多幸(たこう)をお祈(いの)りします。

I wish you much happiness.

I sincerely wish the two of you every happiness.

At the end of my New Year's card I wrote, "I wish you all much happiness."

Almost always as ご多幸(たこう)を祈(いの)る / お祈(いの)りします, closing a wedding speech, a New Year's card, or a formal letter. It is not used in conversation.

幸(しあわ)せ: the everyday word for happiness
ご健勝(けんしょう): good health; often paired in the same formula (ご健勝(けんしょう)とご多幸(たこう)をお祈(いの)りします)

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Added 2026.10.13 4:27 · Revised 2026.10.13 4:29

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