和らぐ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
和
やわ Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

/japaraɡu/ → /jafaraɡu/ → /jawaraɡu/

From Old Japanese. Derived from adjective and adverb 柔ら (yawara, “soft; gentle”), in turn derived from adjective 柔, 和 (yawa, “soft; gentle; fragile”). Cognate with 弱い (yowai, “weak; fragile”).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) やわら​ぐ [yàwáráꜜgù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ja̠ɰᵝa̠ɾa̠ɡɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

和(やわ)らぐ • (yawaragu) ^{←やはらぐ (yafaragu)?} intransitive godan, stem 和(やわ)らぎ (yawaragi), past 和(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

Conjugation of "和らぐ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	和らが	やわらぐが	yawaraguga
Continuative (連用形)	和らぎ	やわらぐぎ	yawaragugi
Terminal (終止形)	和らぐ	やわらぐぐ	yawaragugu
Attributive (連体形)	和らぐ	やわらぐぐ	yawaragugu
Hypothetical (仮定形)	和らげ	やわらぐげ	yawaraguge
Imperative (命令形)	和らげ	やわらぐげ	yawaraguge
Key constructions
Passive	和らがれる	やわらぐがれる	yawaragugareru
Causative	和らがせる 和らがす	やわらぐがせる やわらぐがす	yawaragugaseru yawaragugasu
Potential	和らげる	やわらぐげる	yawaragugeru
Volitional	和らごう	やわらぐごう	yawaragugō
Negative	和らがない	やわらぐがない	yawaraguganai
Negative continuative	和らがず	やわらぐがず	yawaragugazu
Formal	和らぎます	やわらぐぎます	yawaragugimasu
Perfective	和らいだ	やわらぐいだ	yawaraguida
Conjunctive	和らいで	やわらぐいで	yawaraguide
Hypothetical conditional	和らげば	やわらぐげば	yawaragugeba

Verb

和(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

The transitive sense has been superseded by the modern form 和らげる (yawarageru).