和らぐ

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
やわ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

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/japaraɡu//jafaraɡu//jawaraɡu/

From Old Japanese. Derived from adjective and adverb 柔ら (yawara, soft; gentle), in turn derived from Old Japanese adjective ・和 (yapa, classical yafa and modern yawa, “soft; gentle; fragile”).[1][2] Possibly influenced by 弱い (yowai, weak; fragile). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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(やわ)らぐ (yawaraguやはらぐ (yafaragu)?intransitive godan (stem (やわ)らぎ (yawaragi), past (やわ)らいだ (yawaraida))

  1. (physical properties) to soften, to become soft
  2. (said of a person or situation) to become peaceful and calm
  3. (said of a person or situation) to become gentle and mild
  4. (said of relations between people) to become harmonious

Conjugation

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Verb

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(やわ)らぐ (yawaraguやはらぐ (yafaragu)?transitive nidan

  1. (obsolete, physical properties) to soften something, to make something soft
  2. (obsolete, said of a person or situation) to make something peaceful and calm
  3. (obsolete, said of a person or situation) to make something gentle and mild
  4. (obsolete, said of relations between people) to make something harmonious

Usage notes

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The transitive sense has been superseded by the modern form 和らげる (yawarageru).[1][2]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 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 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 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. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN