福

happiness

animal welfare

Recital chanted on Setsubun during the bean-scattering ceremony

out with the demon, in with fortune; devils out, good luck in

Food, cooking

strawberry mochi; strawberry daifuku

Proverb; Godan verb with 'ru' ending (irregular verb)

do not despair because you are the last to take your pick; you can find treasures in leftovers; one man's trash is another's treasure

lottery ticket

the Beatitudes

assistive products (e.g. wheel chairs, hearing aids, etc.)

compound interest table

vehicle for disabled persons; assistive vehicle

unscrupulous business practices based on an appeal to one's social conscience; sales methods in which someone falsely claims to represent a charitable organization

elderly welfare law

net national welfare; NNW

Gospel of Thomas (apocryphal text)

beatification

physicians' pavilion (in Heian Palace)

Proverb

ignorance is bliss

easy-to-use telephone equipment provided free of charge or at a rebated cost for elderly or disabled who live alone

millenarianism; millennialism; chiliasm

family day care provider

calamity, good fortune, success and failure

Fujian tulou (traditional rural dwellings in Fujian, China)

fukuchilite

From Chinese 打開笑門福自來

good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile