やわらか

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
柔らか
軟らか

Etymology

柔(やわ)ら (yawara, “something fragile, soft, or supple; something calm or gentle”) + か (-ka, unproductive suffix[1] forming 形容動詞 (keiyō dōshi, “-na adjectives”) from stems, indicating the state or feeling of an object)

Pronunciation

Adjective

やわらか • (yawaraka) ←やはらか (yafaraka)?-na (adnominal やわらかな (yawaraka na), adverbial やわらかに (yawaraka ni))

  1. soft
    やわらかな手(て)
    yawaraka na te
    soft hand
  2. gentle
    やわらかな光(ひかり)
    yawaraka na hikari
    gentle light

Inflection

Inflection of やわらか
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) やわらかだろ yawaraka daro
Continuative (連用形) やわらかで yawaraka de
Terminal (終止形) やわらかだ yawaraka da
Attributive (連体形) やわらかな yawaraka na
Hypothetical (仮定形) やわらかなら yawaraka nara
Imperative (命令形) やわらかであれ yawaraka de are
Key constructions
Informal negative やわらかではない
やわらかじゃない 		yawaraka de wa nai
yawaraka ja nai
Informal past やわらかだった yawaraka datta
Informal negative past やわらかではなかった
やわらかじゃなかった 		yawaraka de wa nakatta
yawaraka ja nakatta
Formal やわらかです yawaraka desu
Formal negative やわらかではありません
やわらかじゃありません 		yawaraka de wa arimasen
yawaraka ja arimasen
Formal past やわらかでした yawaraka deshita
Formal negative past やわらかではありませんでした
やわらかじゃありませんでした 		yawaraka de wa arimasen deshita
yawaraka ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive やわらかで yawaraka de
Conditional やわらかなら（ば） yawaraka nara (ba)
Provisional やわらかだったら yawaraka dattara
Volitional やわらかだろう yawaraka darō
Adverbial やわらかに yawaraka ni
Degree やわらかさ yawarakasa

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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