しあわせ
happiness, good fortune
幸 the shape for a lucky escape. Nothing has happened, nothing has been won. You just have good friends and that turns out to be the whole thing: しあわせ.
A settled, lasting happiness. 嬉しい うれしい is the sharp kind, about one particular thing.
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