優しい

やさしい
kind

Reading

Readingやさしい
N4 VocabJLPT N4adj-i
Kanji優

Meanings

  1. kind
  1. tenderadj-i
  2. gentle
  3. graceful
  4. affectionate
  5. amiable

Synonyms

温和

Homonyms

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Same reading (やさしい)
易しい · easy

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

地球には優しいけど体には悪い
ちきゅうにはやさしいけどからだにはわるいGood for the earth but bad for your body.
いつも優しい口調のナレーション
いつもやさしいくちょうのなれーしょんA narration that's always kind in tone.
おそるおそる聞き返すと優しく答えてくれた
おそるおそるききかえすとやさしくこたえてくれたWhen I hesitantly asked again, he answered kindly.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0