The term Ikigai is composed of iki and kai. iki refers to life while kai is a suffix meaning roughly the realization of what one expects and hopes. Japanese dictionaries define Ikigai in such terms as ikiru hariai, yorokobi, meate (something to live for, the joy and goal of living) and ikite iru dake no neuchi, ikite inu kōfuku, rieki (a life worth living, the happiness and benefit of being alive). Learn more here
Some also translate Ikigai as: