優しみ

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
やさ
Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Etymology

As a surface analysis, a compound of 優しい (yasashii, kind, tender) +‎ (mi, noun-forming suffix used with adjectives to express subjective degree or amount).

Pronunciation

Noun

(やさ)しみ (yasashimi

  1. the -mi nominalization of 優しい (yasashii, tender, kind): kindness, tenderness (as a subjective degree or amount)

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References

  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