"優しい" meaning in Japanese

See 優しい in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ja̠sa̠ɕii]
Head templates: {{ja-adj|やさしい|infl=i}} 優(やさ)しい • (yasashii) -i (adverbial 優(やさ)しく (yasashiku)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=く|attributive=い|conditional=ければ|conjunctive=くて|continuative=く|degree=さ|formal=い です|formal_negative=く ない です|formal_negative_past=く なかった です|formal_past=かった です|hypothetical=けれ|imperative=かれ|imperfective=かろ|informal_negative=く ない|informal_negative_past=く なかった|informal_past=かった|kana=やさし|lemma=優し|provisional=かったら|terminal=い|volitional=かろう}} Forms: 優しい [canonical] (ruby: (やさ)), yasashii [romanization], 優しく [adverbial] (ruby: (やさ)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 優しかろ [imperfective, stem], やさしかろ [imperfective, stem], yasashikaro [imperfective], 優しく [continuative, stem], やさしく [continuative, stem], yasashiku [continuative], 優しい [stem, terminative], やさしい [stem, terminative], yasashii [terminative], 優しい [attributive, stem], やさしい [attributive, stem], yasashii [attributive], 優しけれ [hypothetical, stem], やさしけれ [hypothetical, stem], yasashikere [hypothetical], 優しかれ [imperative, stem], やさしかれ [imperative, stem], yasashikare [imperative], 優しくない [informal, negative], やさしくない [informal, negative], yasashiku nai [informal, negative], 優しかった [informal, past], やさしかった [informal, past], yasashikatta [informal, past], 優しくなかった [informal, negative, past], やさしくなかった [informal, negative, past], yasashiku nakatta [informal, negative, past], 優しいです [formal], やさしいです [formal], yasashii desu [formal], 優しくないです [formal, negative], やさしくないです [formal, negative], yasashiku nai desu [formal, negative], 優しかったです [formal, past], やさしかったです [formal, past], yasashikatta desu [formal, past], 優しくなかったです [formal, negative, past], やさしくなかったです [formal, negative, past], yasashiku nakatta desu [formal, negative, past], 優しくて [conjunctive], やさしくて [conjunctive], yasashikute [conjunctive], 優しければ [conditional], やさしければ [conditional], yasashikereba [conditional], 優しかったら [conditional, past], やさしかったら [conditional, past], yasashikattara [conditional, past], 優しかろう [volitional], やさしかろう [volitional], yasashikarō [volitional], 優しく [adverbial], やさしく [adverbial], yasashiku [adverbial], 優しさ [noun-from-adj], やさしさ [noun-from-adj], yasashisa [noun-from-adj]
  1. kind, gentle, tender Synonyms: 親切 (shinsetsu) (ruby: 親切(しんせつ)) Derived forms: 優しさ (english: tenderness)

Inflected forms

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "優しい",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "優",
          "やさ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yasashii",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "優しく",
      "roman": "yasashiku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "優",
          "やさ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "優しかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やさしかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yasashikaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "優しく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やさしく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yasashiku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "優しい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やさしい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yasashii",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "優しい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やさしい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yasashii",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "優しけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やさしけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yasashikere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "優しかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やさしかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yasashikare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "優しくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やさしくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yasashiku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "優しかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やさしかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yasashikatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "優しくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やさしくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yasashiku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "優しいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やさしいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yasashii desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "優しくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やさしくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yasashiku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "優しかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やさしかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yasashikatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "優しくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やさしくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yasashiku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "優しくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やさしくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yasashikute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "優しければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やさしければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yasashikereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "優しかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やさしかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yasashikattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "優しかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やさしかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yasashikarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "優しく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やさしく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yasashiku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "優しさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やさしさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yasashisa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "やさしい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "優(やさ)しい • (yasashii) -i (adverbial 優(やさ)しく (yasashiku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "やさし",
        "lemma": "優し",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "tenderness",
          "word": "優しさ"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "kind, gentle, tender"
      ],
      "id": "en-優しい-ja-adj-MX5l1VYc",
      "links": [
        [
          "kind",
          "kind"
        ],
        [
          "gentle",
          "gentle"
        ],
        [
          "tender",
          "tender"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "shinsetsu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "親切",
              "しんせつ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "親切"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "やさしい"
    },
    {
      "other": "やさしい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ja̠sa̠ɕii]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "優しい"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "tenderness",
      "word": "優しさ"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "優しい",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "優",
          "やさ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yasashii",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "優しく",
      "roman": "yasashiku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "優",
          "やさ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "優しかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やさしかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yasashikaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "優しく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やさしく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yasashiku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "優しい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やさしい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yasashii",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "優しい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やさしい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yasashii",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "優しけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やさしけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yasashikere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "優しかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やさしかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yasashikare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "優しくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やさしくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yasashiku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "優しかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やさしかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yasashikatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "優しくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やさしくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yasashiku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "優しいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やさしいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yasashii desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "優しくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やさしくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yasashiku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "優しかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やさしかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yasashikatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "優しくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やさしくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yasashiku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "優しくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やさしくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yasashikute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "優しければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やさしければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yasashikereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "優しかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やさしかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yasashikattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "優しかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やさしかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yasashikarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "優しく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やさしく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yasashiku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "優しさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やさしさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yasashisa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "やさしい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "優(やさ)しい • (yasashii) -i (adverbial 優(やさ)しく (yasashiku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "やさし",
        "lemma": "優し",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese adjectives",
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with manual fragments",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms written with one Han script character",
        "Japanese い-i adjectives"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "kind, gentle, tender"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "kind",
          "kind"
        ],
        [
          "gentle",
          "gentle"
        ],
        [
          "tender",
          "tender"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "やさしい"
    },
    {
      "other": "やさしい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ja̠sa̠ɕii]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "shinsetsu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "親切",
          "しんせつ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "親切"
    }
  ],
  "word": "優しい"
}

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