Ikigai Book PDF
Ikigai (生き甲斐, "a reason for being") is a Japanese concept referring to
having a direction or purpose in life, providing a sense of fulfillment and
towards which they the person may take actions, giving them satisfaction and a
sense of meaning.
The word consists of 'Iki' ("to
live") and 'gai' ("reason").
The term 'ikigai' compounds two Japanese words:
'iki' (生き, meaning "life;alive") and 'kai' (甲斐,
meaning "(an) effect; (a) result; (a) fruit; (a) worth; (a) use; (a)
benefit; (no, little) avail") (sequentially voiced as gai), to arrive at
"a reason for living [being alive]; a meaning for [to] life; what
[something that] makes life worth living; a raison d'être".
