優しさ

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
やさ
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(やさ)しさ (yasashisa

  1. the -sa nominalization of 優しい (yasashii, tender, kind): kindness, tenderness (as an objective degree or amount)

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References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN