Dictionary / Vocabulary / 福
ふく
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
JLPT N1 common word
彼は会社をくびになったんだけど、わざわい転じて福となすで、見事独立したから偉いよ。
His old company gave him the shaft. But I admire the way he turned bad luck into good and did even better with his own business.
笑う門には福来る。
Fortune comes in by a merry gate.
災い転じて福となる。
Good comes out of evil.