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やわらか

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Japanese

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Alternative spellings
柔らか
軟らか

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

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

Inflection

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Derived terms

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References

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  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