優しみ
Japanese
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優 |
やさ Grade: 6 |
kun'yomi |
Etymology
editAs a surface analysis, a compound of 優しい (yasashii, “kind, tender”) + み (mi, noun-forming suffix used with adjectives to express subjective degree or amount).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- the -mi nominalization of 優しい (yasashii, “tender, kind”): kindness, tenderness (as a subjective degree or amount)
See also
edit- 優しさ (yasashisa, “kindness, tenderness (as an objective degree or amount)”)
References
edit- ^ 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